JAM2b
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Many of the atheists I am friends with (or follow on social media) are depressive, anxious, addicted and or seem to lurch from one existential crisis to another. When life's disasters strike, or even threaten to, they seem somewhat anchorless and are tossed around on the waves of this material, dog eat dog reality that is all they believe and invest in. So, my question is: do you wish you could believe? To have that comfort, peace, hope and joy that can come with faith in a higher power, to never cry yourself to sleep in fear that you are on the verge of death, bankruptcy, homelessness, perpetual loneliness. Do you ever envy the simple bliss of the believer? (okay, that's two questions, if there's a limit take the second one )
uh.. I'm a Christian, and I find this offensive.
Many Christian live the exact same way you are describing here. Being a Christian does not make you immune to life's struggles, mental illness, or the influence of the rest of the world. We still live in the same fallen and self-destructive world that everyone else does, that includes all kinds of disasters, terrors, and personal weaknesses. Many Christians struggle to feel at peace all the time.
You can't qualify someone's faith based on the condition of their life. I think that this presumptuousness that many Christians take on is a turnoff for many atheist or those of other religious origins. It seems false, manipulative, prideful, arrogant.
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