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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I would love it if there was some kind of happy afterlife where I got to be reunited with anyone I've ever known who has died. I would take a hell of a lot of comfort in knowing such a thing were true. But like the old saying goes, "Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which fills up first."
I'm an atheist not because that's what I want to be true, but rather because I think it's what's most likely to be true.
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Another thing that irritates me about it all that you touched on a bit, is that I don't think I necessarily chose to not believe so much, as I'm skeptical by nature. I don't even believe in the concept of free will, so to suggest that I can choose to believe in a God is absurd to me.
I would love that too, so long as I could just be a good person in the modern sense (caring, tolerant, selfless). I think these sort of values bring about the most happiness in others, and are some of the most admirable traits that a person can have.