Athiests: How Did You Find The Light?

Question

And Are You Happy Today Because of Following Atheism?

artist, u can play with semantics, some view athiesm as a religion some dont

ultimately its athiesm

artist, u speak like u know all people who consider atheism a religion to have one mindset, well thats unrealistic, first, becoz u dont know them all by their mindsets, and second, becoz diversity exists and therefore people's interpretation of what religion is in the context of atheism will definitely differ.

Answer 1

I am very happy being an atheist. I just follow the golden rule of doing unto others as I'd have done to me, and everything works out great.

Thanks for asking.

Answer 2

Yes, absolutely

Rational thought and logic make life an interesting thing. I enjoy being able to ask questions and finding answers myself.
But your context is wrong. Atheism is not a religion that you "follow". I simply do not think of it at all. Like breathing. It is a logical thought process based on observation, it is not a way of life.
Yes, it would be nice to think that there was a higher meaning to life and the world in general, but it would also be nice to win the lottery at will. My life is extremely happy and satisfying. Full of love, giving, health, accomplishment, and fulfillment. Being an athiest does not negate "miracles" as such, just gives them a different context. The birth of my daughter was an amazing beautiful experience, whether I believe it is devine or not. The experience is still the same.
And as a bonus, I dont go through life thinking the vast majority of humanity is doomed to an eternal hell. Alot less hate in the world, when you do not believe you are right and everyone else is wrong. I also take responsibility for my own actions and sins without blaming a higher entity. A personal responsibility that has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Be a good person for the sake of being a good person and helping fellow humans. Not because I am lectured to and threatened.
So yes, I am very Happy today.

But of course you are entitled to believe what you want as well.

Answer 3

A-T-H-E-I-S-M (spelled correctly) is not something that is stumbled on in the dark or in a blinding flash. To achieve rationality is a developmental process that has to overcome the mindless programming that has been shoved at you since childhood. I'm amazed that I started asking the right questions when I was eleven and even more amazed that I was able to take the "because" answers of religion with a jaundiced eye at such a young age. Still it took three more years before I called myself an agnostic and three hard years more before being to call myself an Atheist. Happy about it? Sometimes I envy delusionalists who think they are going to end up in some cosmic Disneyland when they die, instead of the void on non-existence, but in the end, I'm happy I do not live in the delusional haze that seems to keep them anesthetized to reality.

Answer 4

On most rooms it's to the right of the door, just flip the switch.

I didn't "see" any light or received 2divine inspiration" to become an atheist.

It's just that all that I heard and read about religion since I was a little kid just didn't make any sense to me.

Later I read, and read, and read, and read some more and found myself having some pretty interesting arguments with priests and preachers.

And yes, I'm happy in knowing that I don't live my life fooling myself into believing stuff that just doesn't make any sense.

Ignacio

Answer 5

I just stopped believing. I question everything, and while I listen to other people's ideas (if they are intellgent ideas and not just condemning me to an imaginary hell) to gain better knowledge for my own arguments, I take them with a grain of salt.

I share my thoughts with people that want to hear them, but I don't shove them down their throats, as I would not want it shoved down mine.

Finally, I have never been happier in my life now that I'm an atheist. I have a husband, a daughter, a dog, a house, two cars, two jobs...basically everything I need. I get the most satisfaction when someone says, "Aren't you unhappy? Aren't you missing something in your life?"

My answer is no...I have a fuller life that most of my Christian friends. I have never been happier, and I am glad I chose the path that I did when I woke up at the age of 17.

Answer 6

Yes, I am happy to be an atheist. Before I "found the light" I was angry with god for not doing anything to help innocent children who are sick or starving to death all around the world, when I had been taught about all the miracles he used to do, and dropped "Manna" onto the jewish people when they needed food in the wilderness. It is really nice to know now that those are just fairytales with a few morals thrown in like Esope's fables, and not a "captain's log" of stuff that actually happened. It's more productive for us as humans to realize that WE need to drop food from the sky (from planes and choppers) to help those people, instead of praying for help that will never come.

Answer 7

I became one upon learning of the countless hypocrisies of religon. Yes I am happy for becoming an Atheist. I am now free to live my life without the fear and guilt imposed by following an imaginary man in the sky.

Answer 8

I don't feel any need to find the light, if that means to find some sort of spirtual awakening. I am happy in general, and do not focus on any religious issues specifically, and just try to be the nicest/best person I can be, on a daily basis. The "do unto others" way of life.

Answer 9

Thinking. I am happy today now that religion is out of my life. But I don't follow atheism - there really isn't such a thing. It's merely the state of not believing in god.

Answer 10

I feel around the wall until find that darn light switch - oh, consider the job done..

The Doctor of the Atheist Revolution has Spoken!