D3V said:
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You hate the fact that people harbour comfort in believing something happens after they die, while you believe nothing happens, which makes you bitter.
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But a lot of times religion doesn't make it out to be a comforting thing that something happens after you die. Quite often, it's used more as a restriction. Do good, or you'll go to hell. Or, give us money and come to church every sunday and you'll go to heaven.
The problem with this is, in both cases, that people end up not actually living their lives, and the church justifies this by saying what is basically "if you sacrifice a little now, you'll reap the rewards forever in the afterlife." It's effectively just a way of controlling people.
However, while I don't believe or disbelieve in an afterlife, I realize that it's important to live my life to the fullest while I'm alive, rather than restrict myself from having sex before I'm married or swearing or whatever else that some church thinks I shouldn't do.
It comes down to what I normally say. I think religion in general teaches a lot of good lessons, but the methods by which they do it are not good.
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