Has it improved your life, helped you physically, delivered you from drug abuse or comforted you during grief?
2006-07-10 08:43:26 · 27 answers · asked by pennypincher 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It has saved me 10% of my wages in tithe.
2006-07-10 08:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by Besmirched Tea 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes atheism has very much improved my life. I no longer worship a god I don't believe in. I have the strength to believe in myself. I know that everything that happens to me is because I made it so, not some make believe all powerful being. I have the inter strength to fix thing, change things and deal with things myself. I am a very happy and successful person. As far as delivered from drug abuse, I've never been an addict so no and comforted in grief no, I have friend and family for that.
2006-07-10 15:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its improved my life cause now I can life an authentic life and try and identify root causes to my problems. Stuff goes wrong and theres a reason and now that Im an atheist I can try and solve the problem.
Prayer doesn't work. The reality is we have to fight the problems in our lifes.
I'm actually "sober" more now since I left being a believer in the mythological "god".
Sorry, if thats not the answer you want.
Ask not what atheism has done for you, but what you can do for atheism.
thanks
2006-07-10 15:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has caused me to base less things in my life on belief and faith alone and instead base things more on logic and reason. I'd say my life has gotten better over the years, physically I'm unchanged, I've never done drugs, and I deal with grief in my own way.
On a side note, in more recent years, I've come to accept the possibility that a God may exist, but I don't accept it as absolute truth. I'd need some solid evidence for that.
2006-07-10 15:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I became atheist for reasons that have nothing to do with my life quality, said that, I can tell you that after becoming atheist my life quality has improved, I feel I'm capable to see things from a very different perspective than a lot of people. I was capable to deal with hard times without the need of imaginary beings. I feel I'm a very open person when it comes to learn new things. I spend more time helping others as well (social services), I think we should solve our problems right here, right now.
2006-07-10 17:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by Oedipus Schmoedipus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism has really made me the kind of person I am...which is probably not the kind of person you would expect an atheist to be.
I am the most enthusiastic, opptimistic, happy person (it kinda scares my friends how happy I am). I guess its becasue I know it is my responsibility to run my own life and I am independent of any higher being. We're all just little people floating in space and we live and we die in the blink of an eye, so why not make the best of the life we have and live it to the fullest and take things as they come without complaining or praying to a god that we only imagine exists?
I'm not sure if any of that made sense...its a difficult concept to convey properly lol. I tried.
2006-07-10 15:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by skillet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gave me freedom from ignorance & superstition.
It freed me from bigotry & hatred towards others who did not share my delusions.
It provided me with a solid foundation for exploring my prejudices so they could either be reinforced or eliminated based on factual evidence rather than a book of mythology.
All in all, atheism made significant improvements in my daily life.
It is far more comforting to think my loved ones are at eternal peace than it is to contemplate some arbitrary system of punishment & reward based solely on which myths a person believes.
2006-07-10 15:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism isn't something one chooses because it makes them feel better.
An atheist believes (or, rather, doesn't believe) the way he does because he feels that it best reflects the truth about life and the universe as a whole. Whether or not it makes him feel good is largely irrelevent - the important thing is the truth, not how it makes you feel.
As for solving emotional problems and the like, atheists rely on their own inner strength and their networks of interpersonal support (friends, family, and the like).
Believe it or not, it actually works quite well.
2006-07-10 15:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But losing my faith in the christian god in particular has given me the advantage of not having to reconcile stuff like unjust suffering with the concept of a loving god, and I can now read science and history articles without fear that they will contradict what I *must* believe.
I also no longer feel worried that I may *think* the wrong thing in case god is listening.
So I guess atheism has benefited me with personal and intellectual freedom.
2006-07-10 15:51:32 · answer #9 · answered by mikayla_starstuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You should understand that atheism is not a religion or belief system. It merely means that we do not believe in the existence of a divine being. However, I have experienced some of the issues that you mentioned. When they became problems for me, I used my own free will, knowledge, and the support of friends and family to help me overcome them.
2006-07-10 15:50:45 · answer #10 · answered by poecile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's given me the freedom to love and trust myself, and appreciate my life instead of longing for something beyond. I've learned to take charge of my own life instead of relying on some detached belief or god. Atheism has made me respect human accomplishment and worship the capabilities of mankind. My only god is myself and the fellow people I inhabit the earth with!
2006-07-10 15:48:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋