Isn't being religious all about living in shame/guilt and a fear of going to hell? How is that pleasurable?
Some people can derive a lot of pleasure from believing really far-out ****, but that can be kinda risky. The beliefs are out of tune with knowledge and general experience and beliefs built on those lies can be like a house of cards. If it comes crashing down, you're miserable. Plus, I get pleasure out of believing that I believe in something that is actually pretty close to truth. I think everyone should, so bit of an agenda there, a bit like religious missionary.
By the way, I get why I might worry about the events leading up to death, but why would I, as an atheist, worry about being dead? I don't and I don't whine about it either. To me, being dead would be like my life in year 1000. It hadn't really started so I have no experience of it and so wouldn't care about anything either way.
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