how can you have peace in a world where there is no peace?
Thats the big difference for me. I look at the world and all I feel is dread over what is happening...it actually affects me to see children starving, wars, diseases and all the pain and suffering that goes along with that. And to top it all off people are nasty and hateful and the environment is being destroyed by our 'so-called' progress.
How do you find peace when all that is happening?
Why would you see a half full cup as completely empty?
Cruelty, starvation, selfishness, etc. doesn't take away all the good and beautiful things about our earth, life, whatever.
I love earth and life personally, if more people really, trully did maybe they would wipe their faces and do more real good to help make it better?
You want to replace an atheists "void" with such negativity? It's not good for you or anybody else.