Even when I was just a kid I never understood how others could just completely disregard or only pay lip service to the stuff like “does God exist?” and just be happy with “I like the way these people live”. As if disregarding the supposed basis for a way of life isn’t inextricably part of living that life.
As I grew older I realized that people just don’t give enough consideration to the matter to even realize that they’re disregarding the fundamental basis of most things. Not because people are stupid, but because it’s advantageous to be able to be able to ignore pesky things like truth and reality.
I don’t think my life is unambiguously better because I realized God isn’t real. In some ways my life is actually worse. In fact, if I could as easily set aside my search for accurate maps of reality as many people seem to be able to, my life would inarguably be better if I was a devout religious person. Unfortunately (in some ways), I can’t set that search aside, and don’t want to.
Even when I was just a kid I never understood how others could just completely disregard or only pay lip service to the stuff like “does God exist?” and just be happy with “I like the way these people live”. As if disregarding the supposed basis for a way of life isn’t inextricably part of living that life.
As I grew older I realized that people just don’t give enough consideration to the matter to even realize that they’re disregarding the fundamental basis of most things. Not because people are stupid, but because it’s advantageous to be able to be able to ignore pesky things like truth and reality.
I don’t think my life is unambiguously better because I realized God isn’t real. In some ways my life is actually worse. In fact, if I could as easily set aside my search for accurate maps of reality as many people seem to be able to, my life would inarguably be better if I was a devout religious person. Unfortunately (in some ways), I can’t set that search aside, and don’t want to.