What do I benefit from being atheist?

[mrgrumpy]

Declare yourself a religion and get the tax breaks that the Evangelicals the Catholics and all the others get....
Get yourself a stylish robe of some kind and adopt a symbol you can print on a card and stick in the window of your car so you can park where you want.... "ON SPECIAL HOLY MISSION the CHURCH OF THE PURPLE ONION....."
Something like that....
Then of course you can start a TV ministry and even if you aren't picked up by a network you'll get scrutinized by W5 or MarketPlace and wham...you're a celebrity right up there with Martha Stewart and OJ Simpson..... well maybe not as popular as them but how could Oprah not have you on her show.....

Damn good idea starting your own church! How does that old tune go?..."There's no business like the God business.." (apologies to Ethel Merman)

 

[Scott Free]

You aren't an atheist because of faith so it can't be chosen. You don't need "faith" that there isn't a god to be an atheist but a lack of evidence. To date there is non.

You can, however, choose to "believe" in a religion, much like you could believe in the tooth fairy or dragons.

You can have "faith" in dragons because you can believe in anything if you don't need evidence. Perhaps dragons are nice? Why not? There isn't any evidence that they aren't. Maybe dragons will fly you somewhere when you die? Why not? There is no evidence that they won't. Maybe dragons don't like terrorists? Why not? There is no evidence that they do.

Do you see the problem?

You can believe in dragons and they can be anything you like except real.

I think you would be better served by re-framing your original question: what do I benefit from believing in dragons?

I think you'll notice that you don't believe in dragons. Why don't you? There is no evidence.

God is just a dragon without evidence.