Why might this be...?

Question

Ever since I became an Athiest, I feel so much more free, like a burden has been lifted of me. Does anyone know why i might feel this?

Answer 1

Perhaps it's because you're living in reality now, rather than in a fantasy world where people worship invisible beings. I'm happy for you. :)

Answer 2

You feel that way because you don't like having someone watching you 24/7. With you being athiest now, all your actions are boiled down to morels and ethics. Could you kill someone? Why? Why not? Its ok, go kill someone. With a religion, you would know that your going to burn in hell, be torn to pieces over and over again for the rest of eternity. Its all good, b/c you don't have a religion. I'm not a preacher, just think about whats going on then makes a decision.

Answer 3

I felt the same way! For me, I'd rationalized for so long that I simply couldn't "explain away" things like, oh, millions and millions of years of evolution, science, facts, proof, etc. Eventually, sad as it was, the real truth is easier to handle because it doesn't have to be rationalized--it's just there. Bam. Textbook upon textbook. People are sometimes in such sad denial! Much like giving up belief in Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny as a child, we feel conflicted and sad but truth and logic eventually win out and once we accept the lack of a higher power, the more we feel in control of our surroundings and not bribed or blackmailed into morality, but choosing it wholeheartedly without the influence of a structured faith but becuase it's the right thing to do. Whew! Who knew I could babble so much!

Answer 4

Psychological relief from a burden that was imposed upon you by a religious societal structure that makes a belief in things like God and sin and punishment the norm. You released yourself from these by rejecting them as necessary or believable. Or at least I can see the possibility of this. Maybe there's another, better reason. But, hey, this one sounds good. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~

Answer 5

Have you ever really ask Jesus to come into your heart, this is the true feeling of freedom to be born again, you my friend are being deceived if you think that being a atheist has set you free. That shows me you did not know God at all, because if you knew the real truth you would not have turn to atheism. I pray that you turn to Jesus for He loves you very, very much!

Answer 6

Free? You call that free? Free to sin perhaps... But that still does not remove your accountability to the God you will face one day. You can say He does not exist. But that does not make it so. You can say you are a tree...But that does not make it so... Most people who become 'athiest or agnostic' do so because they are mad at God or someone who represents God to them. You may feel free of people who have hurt you. But that does not excuse you... Sorry.... Even if you choose to believe that God is not real... He still believes in you. He is still real... and He still loves you and wants to help you heal.

Answer 7

Oh yes, I feel you! I am not an atheist or agnostic. I absolutely believe in God but consider myself spiritual and do not subscribe to any particular religious beliefs. Upon doing much independant and ongoing study of various religions, new-age spirituality and meditation to search my own consciousness, I have come to many conclusions on my own.

I feel so liberated from the confines of man-made dogma and religious doctrine. I no longer (well, never really did) believe in satan, or hell or the concept of sin or guilt, I believe that these are all human constructs, designed by early male religious leaders in order to promote their patriarchal agenda to control the masses through fear-based living. I no longer live in fear. I don't fear life or death. I have chosen to live my life fully, in love and joy, experiencing every moment in the here and now to the maximum!

I believe in a God that is not a "being" or an old guy with a white beard and flowing robes sitting in a throne in a heaven somewhere in outer space, but as the formless, genderless energy source creator of life. I believe that God is the process of life itself, or if you wish, the universe.

I believe that each of us are a perfect individuation of God, here, by our own choosing, to experience this world of relativity and that we each have the power of God to create our own reality.

I believe in the universal law of attraction and that we get back what we put into the world, positive or negative. I believe that we create our own hell in our minds with our beliefs, and our own heaven for that matter.

I believe that no matter what, we are all on different paths to the same destination, home with God.

Answer 8

Perhaps you are admitting to what you actually believe. It's hard to be something you're not.

And it's not because of any inherent wrongs or rights from other faiths, or that what you believe in of itself is liberating. It's that this may be the right choice for you.

Anyone who is reading this: make up your own mind. Seek truth, not acceptance. You should believe in whatever faith you've chosen, not merely practice it. It's the only way to find peace with yourself.

Answer 9

Becuse you have nothing... sooner or latter you will come down from your so-called free feeling. and you will know a lonliness that can not be quenched by any man made distractions....God has infinite patience... You have till your last mortal brath to come to Him in The Way He proscribes

Answer 10

you no longer feel guilty for your actions
what is right and wrong is determined by you
no fear of eternal damnation and torment after death possibly?

its kinda like if i quit college right now. sure i would feel good now - no worries about studying or tests. but then ill get into the work force and it will suck having no college degree!
except you quit religion, it may feel good now but youll have to wait and see what happens next