Isn atheism depressing?
The biggest draw of religion is also its greatest drawback – the promise of eternal life. The problem is that it is false advertising, because we will not live forever, and our planet, our sun, our galaxy, will all eventually die. This is incredibly depressing. How easy and comfortable it would be, by comparison, to just give in to peer pressure, and to relax into the feeling of the salvation offered by Jesus Christ (or whatever). But the very reason we are so desperate to spread our message is because we believe in the value of human life and we want it to continue. A giant spider’s web might be comforting and safe – webs certainly look silky and smooth. But if we saw our brother sound asleep in a giant spider’s web, of course we would rouse him and alert him to the danger. We would feel sadness if he fought and wanted to go back to sleep, but we wouldn’t feel terrible about our desire to rouse him. We fervently want him to survive, and maybe that desire is selfish in some way, becaus
