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Originally posted by yatzr
catholic...i was raised catholic and its what i know. if i thought a lot about it, i'd probably be atheist like my brother, but then i'd be a depressed hippie that's always looking for that 'something' in life like him too. I guess i'd rather be ignorant and happy, than to be logical and sad.
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I find that very depressing. I once had to make that choice. And I will admit it wasn't easy! I had to give up so much of what was comforting to me: Eternal life, the fact that I will never die, but instead will remain for eternity in absolute bliss, and the fact that there is a universal justice...even if that corrupt politian piece of shit managed to wrangle his way out of doing jail time...he'll get whats coming to him in the end.
All of this was hard to give up, but eventually I had to come to a decision. I decided not to go on delluding myself. To pull the wool from my eyes and see the world for all it is. To me life is oh so much more precious now...coz this is all we get! Is a life lieing to yourself really all that fullfilling? Is ignorance bliss?
However, at least you are admitting that you are living in denial. Its the first step to becoming a 'born again atheist'!
I wish you luck!
BTW: I'm not a depressed hippie!