did you feel clarity and liberation? or was it more of a rude awakening?
2007-02-21 11:17:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was a moment of "oh, my gosh" but not a rude awakening. I do not live my life any differently than when I did believe. I am still adjusting to the fact that there is no eternal life. When it's over, it's really over. Have a great evening!
2007-02-21 11:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan is what finally ushered me into the realm of the non-believers. I was 13.
Initially I felt incredibly empty and scared, as if I were on the edge of a cliff staring down into a deep bottomless cavern. It was heartbreaking to realize that there was no afterlife, no second chances and the life I had is the only one I'll ever get. At times I wished I could believe again and fool myself into thinking everything would be all right. But once you hit a huge personal realization like that, there's no going back.
But now, I'm as happy as a clam.
2007-02-21 19:26:36 · answer #2 · answered by Bulletproof Dork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't discover that god was a lie. I only discovered that talking serpents, talking donkey's, and God stopping the Sun in the sky so that some human beings would have more light to kill other human beings were lies. Well, not lies actually . . . . just ancient fables intended to make a point, not to be taken literally.
So, as I often ask here, am I an atheist if I don't believe in talking donkeys?
2007-02-21 19:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by tychobrahe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first I felt this horrible feeling of impending doom, frustration, and depression in mourning for my soul. I felt so terrible knowing that I would never have a heaven to go to.
Then all of a sudden one day I didn't care anymore. I thought about how this demanding God was gone, and although I never had belief in a hell, I realized that this concept of hell was fake, and that I had a more comforting belief in nothing than having one in a place that torments people for all eternity. That must not be very comforting.
2007-02-21 19:24:28 · answer #4 · answered by Oshihana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always had a glimmer of understanding that the concept of god, as was being put forth as I grew up in the Catholic Church and then studied various other monotheistic religions, wasn't quite logical. It wasn't until I found Buddhism that the clarity of the Buddha's teachings on logic and such gave me a sense of RELIEF that I wasn't the only one who thought as I did. It was more like "coming home" to a REAL sense of "home".
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2007-02-21 19:23:20 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha I had to laugh at Davids comment there. Some people answer really silly on boards like this saying words like the person did how they discovered God.
Look guys
theres no proof God doesn't exist its not 100% so dont give me that crap.
2007-02-21 19:26:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't come as a sudden revelation. I came to believe god did not exist as I grew older learned more and travelled more.
Now I feel liberated and I feel complete knowing the truth.
Lets face it, religion does not make sense.
2007-02-21 19:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not that God is a lie.
It is the people that believe in the lie.
There is never any liberation. They are always doing something crazy in the name of god all the time.
2007-02-21 19:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never bought into religion, so it was just a matter of getting up the gumption (at 11) to refuse to waste my Sundays in church or Sunday school. That DID feel good!
2007-02-21 19:27:05 · answer #9 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I felt liberation from a God I had decided was cruel and
unjust but at the same time felt alienation from everyone
else in my life.
2007-02-21 19:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋