Turquoise wrote:
[TUF]Catbox wrote:
Braddock wrote:
It's funny you would say that because most of the people of faith that I've ever met have struck me as not being truly happy or confident in themselves. They always seem to be racked with religious guilt when it comes to sexual or social matters, slightly self-loathing in terms of how their faith views humanity and they never give anyone any credit for their achievements, instead they put it down the actions of an unseen deity. Atheists on the other hand draw all their strength from within and tend to live for the moment and enjoy what time they have on this planet.
Have a nice day
I would just base it on the amount of Atheists posting about how much they despise religion
and the lack of religious people posting about atheism... we don't have time... we are way too happy...
Why is it, that...the super well adjusted, happy atheists spend even a minute of time... on worrying or getting upset about
or even thinking about silly religion? Don't they have themselves to focus on... or is that the problem?
Happiness is not exclusive to religion or atheism. Happiness is a state of mind that has more to do with your outlook on life rather than what you believe happens after death.
For example, a happy Christian is tolerant and emulates Christ's way of thinking. An angry or sad Christian fears what he/she doesn't understand or agree with and lives only for the afterlife.
A happy atheist lives life for the sake of enjoyment and helping others, while an unhappy one believes that life is meaningless because nothing comes after death.
In both cases, the happy person focuses on the present life, while the unhappy one focuses on what comes after life.
absolutely true... When i am feeling good and life is going well i find there isn't much time to worry about the little things...
there is a cool book called... As a man thinketh... by James Allen
You can read it here... it's a short book
http://jamesallen.wwwhubs.com/think.htm"Thought in the mind hath made us. What we are
By thought we wrought and built. If a man's mind
Hath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comes
The wheel the ox behind . . . If one endure in purity
of thought joy follows him as his own shadow - sure. "