i personally never said anything about being happy. I said pretending to have a better life. just for what it's worth, i don't think that happiness = a better l

i personally never said anything about being happy. I said pretending to have a better life. just for what it's worth, i don't think that happiness = a better life. if anything, being a slave to happiness is just another mundane chemical attachment that we all allow to control our lives. i get that most people want to be happy and it's easier to convince other people to believe you it you can point to something and say "ah but look how happy it makes me and other people", but unfortunately you're not going to convince me with that. i personally believe that the only way to a better life is in having balance in all things; sadness is just as important as happiness. when you cut one side of the equation off, you cause a decline in homeostasis and your body and mind must react in order to try and get back to balance. as far as miracles, im sorry but I don't believe in magic spells and third party attestations as to their veracity. humans will see and believe what they want to see and believe. and they will do whatever they can to maintain a consistent worldview, even if that means discarding a rational explanation for what happened. as far as God being good, I'm sorry but have you read the old testament? the new testament and the word of the Christ might be the foundational text of Christianity, but the fact of the matter is Yahweh of the new testament is still Yahweh of the old testament. he may have made a new covent with humanity, but imagine some serial killer killed hundreds of people, then suddenly one day said "ok i know I did some bad things but I totally promise that I won't do those things anymore." would you believe him? if not, why would you believe Yahweh meant it? because he gave divine inspiration to people and essentially guided them to write a bunch of propaganda that says "God is good!" despite all the atrocities that were committed in his name and according to his word? need i mention, say, the canaanites and the amalekites? I'm sorry, but God is not good. he is a vengeful, imperfect being who is jealous and even admits it and yet people just ignore that to take what they want from the religion because it suits them. and it's fine if that's what you're doing, just be willing to admit it and accept that if you can do that, then I certainly can just as well take what was said in the Bible as proof that it is nothing more than allegorical and somewhat historical, and made by man to justify the behavior of a very restricted group of individuals.