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Soundwave on 05 April 2018
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dark_gh0st_b0y said:
Peh said:

That's a harsh generalization.

If you say modern, can I say outdated?

"too immersed in their life to see beyond", now that's a funny statement.

How far beyond did you looked in other direction than the one you are looking at right now(christianity)?

It's not that I turned atheist for the lulz of it. There is some serious thought process behind it to abandon the view ones hold since birth. It's because you dig deeper and deeper and try to understand the concept of god and your very own existence that leds you away from one of thousands of made up answers on this god forsaken planet. Maybe there is one correct answer out there, but yours it is not. I've been there already.

life and death is never outdated, unless science finds a way to immortality or proves Christianity is not real

I've looked beyond enough, I even got a degree in Science! :D (yes I'm serious)

in my view, true Christians are destined to live happier lives than atheists in better health of the spirit, I know I'm harsh, a simple example:

everyone has, or is going to, lose some close people at some point in life, only that Christians can bear the pain much easier, since their beloved is now in a much better place, no more pain, and is still looking over them in a spiritual way, until we meet again

but for atheists, the thought that we are all destined to become nothing but soil and memories must be very miserable, and makes the pain of loss much harder to withstand and get over

I wouldn't be surprised if immortality is that far off to be honest. Maybe 2-3 generations away. Genetic engineering, nano tech, gene modification, brain to computer interfacing are the first baby steps towards it just like the giant room sized computers of the 1950s/60s were the first steps towards the pocket sized super computers everyone has today. 

If you have two ugly people (equally ugly) and one decides to accept they're ugly while the other one decides to believe they're beautiful, it wouldn't surprise me if the one who has chosen to deny reality would be happier. That doesn't make them good looking though, lol. One's POV can determine one's happiness, we know that, that doesn't mean the POV is necessarily correct. 

"Western countries" are happier because they generally have higher standards of living from scientific/technological/medical progress and less violent upheaval recently. But even that is a fairly recent development, Europe was probably the most violent place on earth for several hundred years culminating with World War II which almost obliterated the continent. Post World War II is the only time its known relative peace and a technological society has sprung up, but in that era of "happiness" Europe has also become dramatically less religious.