# Is the atheist worldview depressing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atheist-worldview-depressing/834996 "2019-06-04T02:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atheist-worldview-depressing/834996/221 "2019-06-10T06:10:58Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I don’t see it that way, because I don’t see the truth value of “God exists” as binary. I agree, it isn’t. God exists, God does not exist, we don’t know if God exists. But as we’ve said about 50 times in this thread, that isn’t the definition of atheism. I believe some God exists, or I lack belief that some God exists. That is binary. That is atheism[EverybodyElse]. Maybe you toggle between belief and lack of belief, but at any moment you are in one state or the other. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atheist-worldview-depressing/834996/222 "2019-06-10T12:13:54Z")
Schrödinger’s atheist. 🙂 Honestly, the worldview of some (but by no means all) Christians is such that they cannot conceive a life in which G\*d plays no part. “You don’t believe in God? How can you possibly be happy/moral/whatever other gift He has given you?” is a [question](https://christiananswers.net/q-aiia/cosmosallthereis.html) atheists get all too often. To my mind it points to shortcomings in the philosophy of the questioner, not the one questioned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-atheist-worldview-depressing/834996.md?page=11)