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A great (sometimes) solution if you believe in Jesus, or whatever beliefs are tied to the religion you choose - but to many of us, whether happy or not with life, becoming religious just isn't a realistic option. And given how often we find out that even religious leaders such as priests, yet alone general believers, are terrible people - whether white nationalists or sex offenders or terrorists or... well, pretty much any crime that humans sometimes commit, I'm not convinced that joining a group of religious people has a higher chance of success than joining any community group. If the Christians in your life are all lovely people then that's awesome, but there's plenty of awesome atheists / people who believe in other religions, and, as with religious people, plenty of nasty atheists too - I'm not suggesting religious people should be avoided or are more likely to be evil, just that I don't think religion is ever a good indicator for whether or not a local community is one you do or don't want to be a part of. But sure, community groups in general do seem to be a positive thing for a huge number of people, religious or not, and if you do believe (or have a religious group that doesn't mind if you don't really believe and are happy with people who just want to be a good member of their community) then great. I don't believe personally, but having read the bible and gone to a huge number of religious services (albeit always as a non-believer), I thing the world would be a better place if more people followed the guidance of Jesus in the bible. But I haven't seen evidence that people who believe in Jesus actually do follow his teachings more (nor less) than the average atheist. |