Growing up and being raised by atheist parents and grandparents I don’t remember a single day of love and happiness. They all hated each other, constantly fought, yelled at us. It was a nightmare
“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with colour, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked -- as I am surprisingly often -- why I bother to get up in the mornings. To put it the other way round, isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be a part of it?” ― Richard Dawkins
Today I had a cup of coffee and read a book. Simple things bring happiness.
Are you implying that Atheists have a harder time to be happy in life? In my personal experience theists have a harder time because of self imposed rules and expectations.
There's one atheist on here who trolls as many posts as he can, he admits he's unhappy and when not trolling he's either drunk or on drugs. He needs Jesus to transform his life!!
Also, the strategy is very simple: make the most out of every single day and enjoy life and the positive moments without letting the negative ones overtake the mindset. Furthermore don't fight logic, use it as fundamental basics in life.
I won't need to cheer myself up living like this. When finally having low mood moments I turn to music and nature. You're welcome.
Much happier now than when I believed in god, apparently it was his will that I should be unhappy whilst everybody around me was having a great time. Sorry mate I wouldn't do that to you and I don't like people or gods who do that to me.
Theists, when is the last time you were moral for it's own sake and not from fear of hell or reward of heaven.
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@Renaci Yes, I agree. Ethics are a [i]by-product[/i] of wisdom. Even of faith and grace.
Wisdom could be defined as "the mind/heart, thirsting for emancipation, seeing direct into the heart of reality."
In respect of this thread, maybe the whole question ("atheists -when was the last time you were happy") is skewed. As if "happiness" is some sort of guide that we are on the right track, as if it should be something to be aimed at.
[i]What is the price of Experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price Of all that a man hath, his house, his wife, his children Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy And in the wither'd field where the farmer ploughs for bread in vain[/i]
(William Blake, lines from "The Four Zoas")
Two images of "wisdom" which I like, found on Google Images......
I'm happy everyday,I honestly am,I've built a life I love,all without religious beliefs..But I'm ot judging those who need it, were all individuals with different needs..
