The feeling of being an Atheist.

[DivideByZero14]

Muaethia

*hopes that wasn't sarcastic and you wern't calling me a loser*

No, no, I was calling anyone who would say "GOD PWNZ" a loser, certainly not you.  

[Tenth Speed Writer]

I never had anything tragic happen.

I actually offered a prayer on 9/11, and went home in an illusion of how kickass it was that we were going to war.

I went to a Christian school at my most vulnerable (Pre-K, Kindergarten)

I just happened on this guild once, and thought yall made a lot more sense than anyone else. =)  

[Copper Forrest]

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[Muaethia]

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[xorflex]

I have read some of the bible and appreciate it as a work of literature, but
that's all it is. It is a collection of old stories, some possible based on a
true event, that have been changed and twisted over the years.
also, what I find funny is that the original text of the bible stated that:
a- the world is flat
b- the world is the centre of the universe
c- black people are evil and have no soul
........
........
I dont know about you, but for me that kind of hurts the bible's credibility
(not that it had any in the first place)  

[Lee Retalis]

I was prettymuch always an athiest. I never truly believed God was there. I faked it for years, because for a while I was afraid of what other people would think (I have a totally different outlook on that aspect of life now. Vive le difference! Screw what other people think.)
Then, at last, I said "If God exists, nobody will have been able to say I didn't give it a chance. If he existed, he has given me no real reason to believe in him."

From then on, I was a proud athiest. And I'm honest about it with everybody (except my grandmother and thats only because her remaining time on earth is growing short, and I want to make her happy. So she will not know.)

Plus, half of the stuff thiests believe is hypocritical and just plain doesn't make sense to me.

Thats my story.  

[Muaethia]

Hey, dividebyzero, are you near completing the athiest vaccine banner? (without the thing in the top corner, and with the other suggestions). It's ok if you're busy or whatever, tis just that i'm reshuffling my sig and would like that in there mrgreen  

[Mythee]

I've never been anything else than an Atheist, because I have always been incapable of superstition. surprised But I must say that although I am always in a state of passion and love for life and everything in existence because it is so wonderful, another result of being atheist is the enormous pain of knowing that there is no afterlife and that you will lose everything, you mind, your existence, and all of the wonders you love so much around you.

I am addicted to life and I can't bear to lose it. Being atheist is at once a blessing and a curse- I'm in love with the world for what it is and not some symbolic figure's creation, but I fear death every day as if it were to happen the day after. n_n;  

[GEt CrUnK iTs BiLlY!]

I actually am suicidal, but I dont have the guts to do it  

[Mythee]

Thatisonesexypanda!

I actually am suicidal, but I dont have the guts to do it

@Muaethia : We have got ourselves a stupid atheist, right here, if you wanted one xD

Sorry if that was insulting. I don't have the habit of being rude- not at all. o_o But you just went against everything I stand for. ;_; WHY DON'T YOU VALUE LIFE?! AAAH!  

[MaddyMouse]

My family is Catholic, but I never could believe in God. It was all too ridiculous.  

[Muaethia]

Awww! *pats Mythee the stupid athiest on the head fondly*  

[Maryhl]

I don't think I was really moved to be an atheist. Just, I happen to be more liberal and more skeptical than the religion I was raised into... Catholicism. By jr high, I just couldn't play along any more, so quit going to communion... though my father likes to still drag me to masses when I'm visiting him. Kind of interesting to go anyway.. because now the experience is more like anthropology... watching others go about their traditions in a kind of 3rd person way.

I suppose my sig sums my sentiment up pretty well... wink
(In the event I change it: "Intellectual dishonesty in religion only increases the number of smart and angry atheists. This is not especially a good thing." ~ Louann Miller)  

[Bowmore]

I'm so lucky to have been raised an atheist, by atheist parents. And to tell the truth, I've never really had any confrontations with religious people -- nobody has ever attempted to convert me. It's not like I parade around my beliefs, but I have become much more outspoken about being an atheist.

The immature little jerk in me hopes I offend someone with my atheist views and he tries to convert me just so I can BLIND HIM WITH LOGIC domokun  

[Dathu]

Copper Forrest

Dathu

Well, when I first came to this realization I felt alone. Very alone, and a little depressed. I like losing immortality. After a while I coped, and I started to feel more mature. I felt like I had taken "full" responsibility for myself: no influence, no help, no evil. All that happens is just as it does, and if I want things to change, I am the one who has to do something. Now, I just feel like a minority: different from everyone else, but only in this area. I also feel like I'm the only one who gets an obvious joke, however, if I try to explain this joke to people, I usually get a very negative reaction. Meh, thus is life.

It was good to read your comment Dathu. I had a similar transition, tho initially I felt more like I was jumping off a cliff in the dark - no support, no real understanding of what was out there, and an uneasy feeling of looming death. It took me quite awhile to come to grips w all that, but now, I feel I've arrived on the other side, safely, a little wiser, a lot more mature, and truly glad to be here!

I know exactly how you feel and felt, especially about death. When I lost the comfort of an afterlife, I was a little fearful of death too. But when you think about it, the only thing to fear is an end, and, just like a movie, if everything has come to a satifactory conclusion, then an end is more than welcome.