Christianity or atheism? Which one offers more happiness, meaning and life satisfaction?

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OneViewpoint · Accepted Answer

Well Christianity is nothing but lies. So believe in magic invisible sky fairies if you want. Waste your life in church listening to old men lecture you and promise eternal life that will never happen in a paradise that doesn't exist.

Then take a look around you at your fellow Christians lying, stealing, cheating, raping, declaring war, and generally acting like assholes every day. Now reconcile your acceptance of the fallacy that belief in your "God" somehow bestows morality and ethics in the believers. Even with the threat of eternity in "Hell", Christians demonstrate a complete lack of morality and ethics. More proof that your religion is nothing but lies made up by humans to control other humans.

Atheists on the other hand have no formal organization. They have no churches or temples where they gather to mindlessly listen to some old man drone on about lies. They have no magic book. They simply don't believe your pathetic "God" and your religion is anything but bullshit made up by insecure humans living in fear of everything they don't understand. Atheists can admit that they don't have all the answers without having a mental breakdown. Atheists take accountability for their own morality and ethics or lack thereof. They aren't nice because they are trying to cash in on a promise of eternal life in some bullshit paradise. And they don't refrain from doing bad things because they are afraid of going to "Hell". They simply do what they think is right for the sake of doing the right thing knowing that is the only reward they will ever receive. THAT is actual morality and ethics at work.

Which one offers more happiness? That's a whole different question.

For weak people who live in fear, religion offers lies for them to cling to and the delusion they are "good people" for simply "believing".

For intelligent people who are not insecure, Atheism seems more honest and less of a waste of a life. Atheists are happier not deluding themselves about things they don't understand and taking accountability for their own thoughts and actions.

Levin · Accepted Answer

They're both problematic in their own way.

Atheism is basically just scientific materialism, it ultimately leads nowhere. The more you go down this path, down to its extremes, the more you realise how flawed it is. And that includes its science and its health. Because what is it now, something like 80% of adults with one or more chronic disease in the US. This is its health? I'm not saying it's all bad, but it's definitely a limited and incomplete system of knowledge. And I don't mean that in a scientific way of 'we can always learn more'. I mean, innately and fundamentally.

In modern life, I know it seems like atheists are the often well adjusted. But as the Krisnamurti said, 'it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society'.

Christianity means different things to different people. It's largely become quaint and irrelevant in the UK, now to be subsumed by the aggressiveness of Islam. In the US, people take it more seriously. But the exoteric *religion* of Christianity is mostly just man-made bullshit. That's what organised religion is. It is perverted and corrupted by humanity. Fear is the controlling mechanism.

So I would say the best option is an innate belief in God (or esoteric Christianity), without the intermediary bullshit which is humanity and its religious perversions (And that includes guilt and shame around sex).

Calyptomaniac · Accepted Answer

What you call your religious beliefs doesn't bring you happiness. You have to find your own satisfaction with your life by making it what you want it to be. Religion won't magically fix that for you. Besides, you'll probably just go find a new religion next week, since this isn't the first time you've gone through all this with us. Religion is a long way away for you until you spend some actual time looking into them for yourself and taking the time to decide what's right for you. We can't help you with that.

Orion84 · Answer

I don't think this is a question that has an answer; it's unique to the individual.

Some people find comfort and happiness in their spirituality/religion/faith, and some prefer a lack of faith. It all depends on the way that particular person views their world.

I'm not a spiritual person, myself, and don't believe in God, so for me, athiesm is a more natural state of being, and the one in which I am most content. I realize that sounds absurd to one who's religion is a cornerstone of their existence, but it's the one that works for me.

Likewise, I find religion absurd, but I don't begrudge others their beliefs, if that's how they prefer to live their lives. It's not my place to judge them for that, and I respect their beliefs, even though I don't share them.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Religion 100% does though that's not a positive. Its choosing to be the chicken who doesn't understand what's about to happen when you get fat enough, its choosing to live a lie just for comfort. Its ignorance is bliss.
Which if one wants to do that then go ahead, though it becomes a problem when religions try to force others into their ignorance and put it on others. Which ya know is large part of it.

NathanDavis · Answer

neither of them really offer you anything of the sort...

they make you responsible for your own choices and decision... no freebies in life

other than that... I've seen some of the happiest people ever on both sides, but the same goes for the most insufferable people I've ever met... met them on both sides of that "equation"

so yeah... it's within you, well within them... and so many other factors as well, not just which religion you follow, or not follow

Lliam · Answer

Between the two, I would say atheism.
Christians are often judgmental and bigoted. They use interpretations of the Bible to justify all kinds of bad things.
They don't think for themselves and think morality comes from fear of retribution.
They are sexually inhibited and misogynistic.

Atheism doesn't necessarily mean lack of spirituality. It can mean reverence for all creation and being glad to be alive without believing in the "God of Abraham".

strateguy632 · Answer

which denomination? i am not 'charismatic' but charismatic are happiest denomination. baptist are not allowed to dance. see my question with nate silver study!

jshm2 · Answer

Atheism is not a position - it's an opinion.  So the question is moot.

fishbone77 · Answer

I think it's obvious if you're around atheists vs Christians.

capriVib · Answer

Neither. Hinduism. Trust me, bro.

_Jenny_ · Answer

@nihilist__ Christianity ✝️

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

Christianity for sure

loveyouoak · Answer

Atheism

DirtyOldMan777 · Answer

Christianity.

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