Easter Polls: More Germans than Austrians believe in God

[RINO Tom]

Germany is the better country, yes.

[RINO Tom]

Germany is the better country, yes.

Believing in God doesn't make you a better person.
In fact, in many cases it has the opposite effect.

I was trolling Tender, but your response was somehow more of a troll comment.  We have all heard the hot take that "I know you guys all THINK being religious makes you a better person, but boy have I got some news for you!  It is ACTUALLY the OPPOSITE!"

Any normal person knows there is no meaningful correlation, either way.

[RINO Tom]

Germany is the better country, yes.

Believing in God doesn't make you a better person.
In fact, in many cases it has the opposite effect.

It's funny you should say that because you don't see very many atheists in a prison.

Because people cling to whatever gives them hope in a hopeless situation. it's natural, and that's basically the purpose of religion - to answer questions that we currently can't answer, to give your life some deeper meaning when, in the grand scheme of things, it's actually meaningless. religion exists to help people sleep at night - many don't want to believe that we simply cease to exist when we die, even though it's the most likely explanation.

There really are two types of atheists, haha.  I have several atheist friends who simply came to the conclusion themselves that they don't believe the Universe was created by a higher consciousness of some sort and that it popped into existence by some other means.  They do NOT, however, take the hilariously ignorant and arrogant view that they have *figured it all out* and all of the non-atheists just haven't quite realized how things "actually are."  They don't think people who believe in a creator of some sort are "clinging" to anything ... because they're the smart atheists.

[RINO Tom]

Germany is the better country, yes.

Believing in God doesn't make you a better person.
In fact, in many cases it has the opposite effect.

It's funny you should say that because you don't see very many atheists in a prison.

Because people cling to whatever gives them hope in a hopeless situation. it's natural, and that's basically the purpose of religion - to answer questions that we currently can't answer, to give your life some deeper meaning when, in the grand scheme of things, it's actually meaningless. religion exists to help people sleep at night - many don't want to believe that we simply cease to exist when we die, even though it's the most likely explanation.

There really are two types of atheists, haha.  I have several atheist friends who simply came to the conclusion themselves that they don't believe the Universe was created by a higher consciousness of some sort and that it popped into existence by some other means.  They do NOT, however, take the hilariously ignorant and arrogant view that they have *figured it all out* and all of the non-atheists just haven't quite realized how things "actually are."  They don't think people who believe in a creator of some sort are "clinging" to anything ... because they're the smart atheists.

But people who believe in some deity are clinging to something, they want to think they'll go to some magical rainbow land or something when they die.

Sorry, dude, I hate to be mean ... but that just isn't the response of someone who is smart.  There are plenty of incredibly smart people who have simply come to the conclusion that there was a creator of the Universe, some eternal intelligence that was the first cause - a deity.  And, clearly, there are some not-so-deep-thinking atheists who have put a lot less thought into this fascinating debate.