To true Atheists who were raised by God believers. Did you feel better or worse when you became an Atheist?

Question

Christians and Muslims, dont try to pretend you're Atheist just to make us look bad

Christians and Muslims, I'm not talking about Christians or Muslims that claim to be former Atheist because you are liars and most of your answers are bias

Christians and Muslims, dont tell Atheists how they feel because you're not an Athest

Thank You

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Answer 1

Hello Atheists Rule.. :)

I was not raised by Christians..my parents were Atheist..

I am a born again believer in Christ..and I am very proud to call myself as such.. :)

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ..

Answer 2

I am not an atheist any longer (now a Baha'i) but I will try to answer your question without bias to how I felt when I was atheist. (I am not a Christian or a Muslim and I'm not preaching to anyone, so I feel I am exempt from your restrictions.)

Although my parents believed in God (as I did as a child) we were not regular church-going kind of folks. As I got older, I began to look at things in a different light. I began to think of things more logically and I became even further pushed away from the religion by many of the extremists who were so hateful to everyone.

I did not become an atheist overnight. It was a gradual process as I began to see flaws and blindness in other people's ways of thinking. I could rationalize everything away, whittle most emotions down to survival. And to me, it did not make sense that a higher being existed.

This left me very fearful of death, but my point of view is I do not want to believe in anything false (and I still feel this way). I wanted to believe, but based on what I felt I knew, I just couldn't bring myself to. In this respect, I think I felt worse. I didn't feel a smug sense of satisfaction in any way, or that I was better or smarter than anyone else. It just made me feel lonely and scared. This took many years for me to overcome and be somewhat comfortable with.

But that was just my own personal experience. I'm sure everyone's is different.

Best wishes.

Answer 3

I felt very liberated. I felt free to finally begin my search for real answers to the world around us.

I am currently reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time.

Answer 4

I finally felt like I had found all the answers. It felt . . . right.

Answer 5

Better-I've found the truth.

Answer 6

i imagine they felt better. ignorance is bliss.