Although I don't believe in god I've always disliked it when other people try convincing others that there is no god. What if they freak out and kill us? Ever think of that? Also ever think about the results of your words? Words are very powerful. If you could prove to someone there was no god at the cost of shattering his life would you? If the answer is yes, I ask why? What do you gain? Could what you gain ever be more then what you just took away? Hope.
Of course truth is far more valuable than whatever illusion I could think of. If people freak out and kill us then so be it, it's not like it suddenly would make sense for them to kill us. But in any case that's not much different from the usual condemnation to hell because I do not believe in their God(s) at the moment either.
As for hope, hope is something extremely artificial.
Basically it's knowing something will not change without substantial effort, but believe issues will solve themselves anyways.
To be honest, people shouldn't need hope, after all it's an illusion as long as people accept the status quot of their life, instead of thinking "damn I should really try to change my life".
In the end what's the point of 'hope' when your actual actions ultimately define your true life?
There may be things that seem 'out of your hands', like getting sick or getting involved in accidents, but they're just an inevitable part of life. Caused by the simple fact of being with many many people on the same sphere.
Even assuming people didn't get involved in an accident because of their own actions, it's quite futile from a philosophical point of view to look at such things as 'unfair'.
Some doctors decide not to give the truth and leave the patient with his illusion and that is probably a wise decision.
In case of medical treatments there are totally cases were knowing the truth does more harm than good for a person's state of being. Then again, I would still prefer to know the truth.
Cheers
