Atheists/Agnostics Are you Happy?

[monta]

In general these days I am always happy and in a good mood. Life for me is good so I'm just going to enjoy it and not worry about the future and stuff like that.

Yeah, the future sucks, lets throw rocks at it

 

[Panda]

really? all of you are extremely happy? all the time, or just some of the time? if its only 50% of the time, can you really say that your "happy"? its a silly question that dosent really mean anything. no one is happy all the time, and the only people who are miserable all the time are about 5 minutes away from killing themselves.

I am happy almost all of the time. My incredibly laid back attitude helps a lot with not letting things get to me. Though occasionally my mood would only be OK.

 

[SoundBrain]

I am blissful all the time . To be honest, it is after when I decided to be an Atheist.

But the transition time from being a Hindu to an Atheist was the most gruesome period of my life. lots of thinking affected my day-to-day life.

I have always doubted the existence of god from when I was 7 or 8. when they taught the mechanisms of natural phenomenons like rain, thunder, etc, I asked my Dad -- where did God come in the cycle of events? Why do people pray God to pour rain?, etc. But my Dad, who is a spiritual person, explained in the point of view of both a believer and a non-believer which was the freedom I am always grateful for.

 

[Alceste]

I think contentment or satisfaction is a more desirable state than bliss. And I'm usually content / satisfied. When I'm not it's situational. I.e. not enough music being played, not enough time to myself, PMS, stuff like that.

 

[Doodlebug02]

I tend to fluctuate between various emotional states. This is, however, largely due to my borderline personality disorder. It causes me to have frequent mood swings. Of course, I am medicated and the mood swings are kept at a minimum but they still happen. That said, I also have depression and anxiety so sometimes I do get depressed or anxious. I do not believe, however, that this has anything to do with my lack of religion.

 

[MSizer]

I'm generally not a happy person at all, but I believe it has almost everything to do with bi-polar disease, chronich depression, chronic anxiety, and mild psychosis (I've been diagnosed with each of them). Furthermore, I've been referred to a second psychiatrist for evaluation to compare diagnostic conclusions (it's believed that I may not have been properly diagnosed and I think that's true myself). Not to mention the side-effects that the meds cause too. If I'm perfectly rigid in taking my meds when I'm supposed to, no problems, but if I miss one day of one certain med I take, I go into withdrawl, and after 2-3 days of withdrawl, whoa, dr. jeckyl and mr. hyde.

The reason I point those things out (in so much detail) is because I doubt my atheism has anything to do with my unhappiness.

 

[monta]

I tend to fluctuate between various emotional states. This is, however, largely due to my borderline personality disorder. It causes me to have frequent mood swings. Of course, I am medicated and the mood swings are kept at a minimum but they still happen. That said, I also have depression and anxiety so sometimes I do get depressed or anxious. I do not believe, however, that this has anything to do with my lack of religion.

Weren't you newly catholic 7 days ago! What happened ?

 

[Zenaphobe]

I am a contented person but not given to extremes of emotion

I think my general even keel has to do with internalizing the Buddhist idea that grasping = suffering.

When I am mindful of this, I am usually happy. When I forget that the world does not exist to make me happy, that is when I have problems.

 

[Doodlebug02]

Weren't you newly catholic 7 days ago! What happened ?

Yes, I was. I had been Catholic for almost 4 years. It would have been 4 years next Easter.

What happened is that I realized just how illogical Catholicism and Christianity in general is. I also realized just how illogical religion in general is. That and I looked at the fruits of Christianity and well, I was not impressed. I was already aware of the violent history of Christianity but yeah, the Bible says to judge a person by their fruits so why not judge a religion by its fruits as well? That and I have always been a strong believer in science although I was in denial that a lot of things in religion just don't line up with science. So yeah, now I'm an Atheist. I simply can't believe anymore. Not only the things above but "god" was not answering my prayers either. So, here I am.

 

[monta]

Yes, I was. I had been Catholic for almost 4 years. It would have been 4 years next Easter.

What happened is that I realized just how illogical Catholicism and Christianity in general is. I also realized just how illogical religion in general is. That and I looked at the fruits of Christianity and well, I was not impressed. I was already aware of the violent history of Christianity but yeah, the Bible says to judge a person by their fruits so why not judge a religion by its fruits as well? That and I have always been a strong believer in science although I was in denial that a lot of things in religion just don't line up with science. So yeah, now I'm an Atheist. I simply can't believe anymore. Not only the things above but "god" was not answering my prayers either. So, here I am.

4 years :sarcastic When I joined the forums less than a year ago you weren't catholic.

 

[Doodlebug02]

4 years :sarcastic When I joined the forums less than a year ago you weren't catholic.

That's because I switch religions frequently due to my borderline personality disorder which causes instability in the way that I view myself.

 

[blackout]

Could you say that again? I was listening to Fall Out Boy and waiting for my friend to get off her shift at Hot Topic.

Yeah, I'm happy. Ecstatic. Whatev'.

Can you say that again?

ah. For a moment I thought you said you were waiting for your friend to get off her Hot Topic shirt.
That might just make me ecstatic as well.
It would certainly make me happy.

*UV wishes she had a hawt friend in a Hot Topic shirt* to make her happy.


I could blame it on the hour,
but really it just shows you where my mind is.:flirt:

 

[blackout]

That's because I switch religions frequently due to my borderline personality disorder which causes instability in the way that I view myself.

Then UU is probably a good place for you to be.

 

[blackout]

What's this thread about?

 

[monta]

That's because I switch religions frequently due to my borderline personality disorder which causes instability in the way that I view myself.

Then UU is probably a good place for you to be.

that's an unfair assesment of the UU faith UV , frankly I am shocked

:biglaugh:

 

[Storm]

Then UU is probably a good place for you to be.

Ouch!