Is a lie more useful than the truth? (Religion)
in Philosophy ·
Jacob Cooper5 said:Does believing in an afterlife actually help someone, even if nobody’s ever come forward to claim they saw anything on the other side?
Look, I'm an atheist. But I can't bring myself to agree with those certain types of atheists who insist that Faith is nothing but a useless distraction. I've found myself staring down the barrel of the idea of total, absolute non-existence...
The thought that when I die, everything just gets wiped clean. Like I never even existed in the first place.
I catch myself picturing that moment right before death—all my experiences, my entire life, just sitting there on the edge of this massive, cold void that’s going to erase every single trace of me without a shred of mercy. Pretty depressing, isn't it?
Even if that’s the reality, wouldn't it be better to believe there's something waiting for us after we go?
At the very least, it makes me feel better. Being able to find satisfaction in the present moment actually has a positive impact on how I live right now.
In that sense, I don't see why those stubborn, narrow-minded atheists feel the need to lecture theists about the "pointlessness" of religion.
From a philosophical standpoint, it's just that eternal tug-of-war between abstract concepts and our own direct experience...
The human brain is a powerful tool, and the people who cooked up religion clearly knew how to hack it—it's the ultimate way to create slaves. Just work like ants now, and you'll be promised eternal bliss later, while those of us who actually lived life to the fullest and were happy here will end up roasting in hell...
And man, why does everyone have to label absolutely everything? That "I'm an atheist" thing drives me nuts—people just want a tag to cling to. Nobody is original anymore; it's just copy after copy.
I'm trash.