Re: Is it better to be happy or right?
Interestingly, I approach this from precisely the opposite direction.
Right now I'm happy, I have no beliefs in a God and no restrictions in my life or on my actions placed there by a deity. I'm pretty satisfied with that.
On the other hand if God were to exist in the form given by one of many major religions there would suddenly be concerns in my life other than my own happiness. My existence would now involve another force whose commands I would have to follow, or suffer punishment (or maybe miss out on some prize).
This thought is singularly unappealing, restricting my actions - ones which now seem quite beneficial to myself and those around me - for the sake of a third party.
Still, however, I would rather be right. I would not be willing to turn a blind eye to the proof of the existence of such a being, even if I can't imagine what such proof would be. So, I would sacrifice a measure of my happiness to be right.
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