March 18, 2008

• The Missing Link

  I just read an article from the BBC that claims there is a link between happiness and religion. A poll seems to indicate that people who are generally religious seem to find things such as job loss, crumbling marriages, and other life problems more bearable. I think this might be a perspective thing. A person cannot quantify happiness. No matter how “religious” a person is, he or she will still think that getting fired sucks. How long they mope about it depends on the person, and not their belief in a god(s). A little later in the article, Terry Sanderson pointed out that a religious link to happiness is meaningless. He says that "non-believers can't just turn on a faith in order to be happy. If you find religious claims incredible, then you won't believe them, whatever the supposed rewards in terms of personal fulfillment." I think this was one of the smartest things written in the article. I am an atheist. I am also a Pastafarian, but for all intents and purposes I do not honestly believe in a god. I find all of these things about religion to be utterly ridiculous and I simply cannot make myself believe just to make myself happy. Anyway, I would not even need to believe anyway. I may be overworked and constantly tired, but I'm as happy as can be. There is probably no purpose to life whatsoever, but I don't let that get me down. I am happy doing what I am doing, and hope to continue doing it. I'll probably have a significant number of gray hairs by the time I turn twenty-five, but my brain will probably be so fried that I wouldn't notice.

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