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Secularism makes me exceedingly happy.+ secularism - family union
Secularism makes me exceedingly happy.+ secularism - family union
good for you. not so much for the majority.Secularism makes me exceedingly happy.
Well, we have to end apartheid for one.
And slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger.
We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless, and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women.
We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values.
Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern, and less materialism in young people.
I tried Buddhism (largely because of family links - my grandfather became a lay monk). The exuberance and extravagance ended up disgusting me. All for stories too.good for you. not so much for the majority.
I find it funny secular people going full circle looking for spirituality in Buddhism and trying to secularize it.
...I worry without new goals i'm passionate about, i'll just gradually fade away.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. ...
And some people are happy to believe fairy tales. (Except they're not really happy because they know deep in their heart they've never felt that connection to god their church speaks about and they feel like a big faker and a fraud, but they don't realize that everyone else was faking too because they all just wanted to believe there's a bigger plan and meaning to their life.)Secularism makes me exceedingly happy.
Economics. Most people actually stabilize in terms of gains to their happiness after they have their needs met. Studies have found that is around $75k-100k in 2010, so that has definitely gone up a bit recently. After you can buy a house, afford to get married, have a kid (or multiple), take a 1 vacation a year, plan for retirement, have health care, buy a house and car, the rest is really just frivolous icing on the cake for the most part. Far too many people will never be able to achieve these basic elements of living outside of poverty.
Social media / internet. Watch some documentaries on this, and modern media - the ad driven model. Almost all of our media is selling outrage and divisiveness for profit.
Game of Thrones Season 8. Have you seen this ending? I'm still not over it honestly.
We live like kings yet rule nothing.
My wife complains when I fix breakfast for dinner, but the kids love it.
Breakfast, or breakfast for dinner, is the best as it is the one meal my wife can't try to include a side salad in.My wife complains when I fix breakfast for dinner, but the kids love it.
People have a hard time learning to be content and satisfied.
I think it's largely because of the dissolving of Christian influence on culture. For hundreds of years, western society had a generalized common view on what was good and right, caused largely by the influence of the church. If you have a clear answer on right and wrong, you don't have to twist yourself in knots with so many philosophical questions. Be good to God, your neighbors, and the church.
Of course, even then they had terrible wars and things like slavery and not everyone was a saint. But generally speaking, the church still had their backs, giving a sense of purpose outside of themselves.
People have been trying to fill that gap with politics, social movements, charity work, etc to various degrees of success, which probably depends on how determined and grounded you are. Someone who really likes animals can make a huge direct impact in a lot of animals' lives through shelters and charities. Someone who hops on a social outrage bandwagon, usually doesn't really accomplish anything except getting likes on their posts. It's not even limited to movements though, because some people on social are just obsessed with everyone else's lives.
Tldr, a bunch of reasons.
I have no proof of how combative highly or zero religious places are, but all I know being part of family whether just about everyone in my family tree isnt religious (aside from a few Sunday morning dabblers on the other side of the family), is that we have never had any battles having to do with religion as we got no skin in the game.Some of the most stable societies today are mostly atheistic... while others heavily christian dominated are straight up hell. The actual difference seems to me education and management/distribution of resources, double down on religion only produces extremism.