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> Also, my three year old loves Santa. It makes xmas more magical for her. You just proved POV from previous comment. Lie/myth of Santa beheads some more lie/m

> Also, my three year old loves Santa. It makes xmas more magical for her. You just proved POV from previous comment. Lie/myth of Santa beheads some more lie/myth about religion. And I do not think this is the last item in the train of lie.

Aeolun 5y ago
Lies and myths about religion also make people happy. It’s much easier to deal with the human condition if you are religious. I was certainly happier when I could still hold that faith.
- eimrine 5y ago
  "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief" (Ecclesiastes 1:18) I understand your happiness, but for me it was absolutely disaster to reveal the god is an illusion, because many ideas I have thought in my head was (not became but was all the time) just a useless crap. That was literally my first discovery after I had got an access to Internets. "Thank you" my parents and society for pumping up my head with lies.
- slothtrop 5y ago
  Some people are troubled for it because they hone in on sense of guilt, including for being unhappy. Or they think their unhappiness reflects a moral failure of some kind. Religion at the very least incentivizes reporting happiness. It can offer a sense of community as well which can otherwise be lacking. For my part, none of the dogma did anything for me, but I felt as though it provides an imperative to be content with one's lot, i.e. if you know what's good for you, accept what may come, because x or y is in accordance with God's will etc. In contrast to eastern (or pseudo-eastern) thought which would short-hand to "accept what may come because that is the path to happiness". I think some people need more comfort, and need to be told what to do and what will be in absolute terms, so religion can tickle the wires just right. Among the paths to peace of mind however, I also think it comes with the most potential consequences.

Aeolun 5y ago

Lies and myths about religion also make people happy. It’s much easier to deal with the human condition if you are religious. I was certainly happier when I could still hold that faith.

eimrine 5y ago
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief" (Ecclesiastes 1:18) I understand your happiness, but for me it was absolutely disaster to reveal the god is an illusion, because many ideas I have thought in my head was (not became but was all the time) just a useless crap. That was literally my first discovery after I had got an access to Internets. "Thank you" my parents and society for pumping up my head with lies.
slothtrop 5y ago
Some people are troubled for it because they hone in on sense of guilt, including for being unhappy. Or they think their unhappiness reflects a moral failure of some kind. Religion at the very least incentivizes reporting happiness. It can offer a sense of community as well which can otherwise be lacking. For my part, none of the dogma did anything for me, but I felt as though it provides an imperative to be content with one's lot, i.e. if you know what's good for you, accept what may come, because x or y is in accordance with God's will etc. In contrast to eastern (or pseudo-eastern) thought which would short-hand to "accept what may come because that is the path to happiness". I think some people need more comfort, and need to be told what to do and what will be in absolute terms, so religion can tickle the wires just right. Among the paths to peace of mind however, I also think it comes with the most potential consequences.