Now that you've given up God? As an agnostic, I feel like I've just been freed from prison. I might turn to God again one day but for now, I'm happy spiritually.
2007-12-04 05:18:24 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am happier in some ways, but not all. However, I am indeed more free than I ever was before. Losing faith has changed my entire outlook on life, not just my religious position.
2007-12-04 05:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
~~~ Alexei ,,,, Most Respectfully ,,,, You remind me of a college graduate with a Degree in Something who is deluded into thinking that he now knows how the Real World works,,, and his first few years in The Work Force he's content with Paying His Dues because Hard Work pays off and he knows that he has to Start Somewhere and work his way up. Get Experience. Until then it's just a waiting game because he already Knows Everything. This is known as "Being in The Ignorant Bliss of Delusion". You have momentum now to purge all the dogma with which you've been Indoctrinated. I humbly suggest you begin reading what history's Greatest Atheist Thinkers;ie Philosophers have written on The Subject.(They were not ALL correct in their assertions) To further the previous Metaphor, this would be a Post-Graduate Degree. I also suggest you serve yourself a large portion of Humble Pie before you begin. An agnostic, as I once was, is a "Fence Rider", so to speak.I offer my services as Mentor,,,and I wish you the best. ~ Namaste`
2007-12-04 06:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sensei TeAloha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since I have always questioned matters of faith including the idea/concept of God (assuming there is one)...I can't say I feel better or worse. What I do like about being a doubter is the freedom I have to question without the other religious dogma of SIN hanging over me...I'm also a Heretic...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
2007-12-04 05:24:39 · answer #3 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy do I feel free!!!
I feel like I've finally grasped the full meaning of a human being since I've realised that there is no God. I no longer toss the guilt and my baggage in God's way, but I've started working on my issues and making something of my life before it's too late.
It's amazing how thin line between depression and faith in God is, isn't it?
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2007-12-04 05:26:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel better now that I meet christians on even ground. I was foolishly thinking for years that they wanted respect like anyone else but I realize now I wasn't listening to them. Because what they really want is confrontation and abuse.
Trust me I know how this sounds but before you thumbs down me look at the quotes below from people right here at YA.
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you"
"Jesus said that when we are made fun of and persecuted because of him we are blessed."
"if i am ridiculed for my faith i know i am making my God Jehovah happy"
"I'm almost glad though when people ridicule me."
Take just a moment and think about it. Think about every well thought out answer you've written to posts that seemed to be begging for you to scream that it was complete nonsense.
Why would people knock on your door to tell you something they know you don't want to hear? Why would they try repeatedly to legislate their beliefs that they know you don't want?
The only logical answer to it is in their own words above. "if i am ridiculed for my faith i know i am making my God Jehovah happy"
They do not want your respect or polite dialog. The christians in the US are pampered poodles and to deal with that guilt they need abuse so they can feel blessed because...
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you".
2007-12-04 05:23:47 · answer #5 · answered by tuyet n 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
After I went through a period of loss, I came out the other end much happier and with a greater purpose in life.
I was conditioned to believe that purpose and meaning in life came from God, because he created me with a purpose. Once I realized that was not true, I realized that life has meaning in existence, and that we have the choice to be good human beings or bad human beings, and our actions will effect the future.
That is way more valuable than hoping in an afterlife, that we have no proof for, beyond personal feelings.
2007-12-04 05:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
YES!!! I feel so much happier! that is what I have been trying to tell my religous friends!! Its so liberating. I actually think not believing in a god has made me more spiritual because I am able to explore what I have not been taught...it opens my mind to many new and unexplored possibilities...
2007-12-04 10:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just like to point out that Atheism isn't as much denying God, its living without God's influence.
Therefore, Yes I'm better off than I ever was. I take full responsibility for my actions and...I get to make fun of fundamentalists
2007-12-04 05:38:51 · answer #8 · answered by Bill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you feel better in believing what a man named Huxley invented?
Huxley tweaked his term, and adjusted its meaning. He ultimately came to describe agnosticism as a method of thinking, in the way science is a means of thinking, not a belief in and of itself. His ideal was that everyone should be able to give a reason for his faith, or simply not claim it as his own.
I am a Christian and have never felt imprisonment. In fact Free-Thinking (sums up Huxley's tweaked up definition), can damage ones persona. Who you really are.
I enjoy the feeling of freedom. I can recall those moments all the way back to adolescence, but it did not ever sway me from the guiding light of Jesus. I know the love that God gives all of us. He can forgive me/you faster and with more mercy than man.
No thanks! I don't want the feeling of being sucked into a black-hole. Even Carl Sagan/SETI, believed in God before he died.
Huxley? God? It's your choice of coarse.
Just remember this, I am a free-bird. Can't wait to get my wings. (Just kidding). Seriously, I wish you the best while searching for answers. God knows we all need help.
2007-12-04 07:27:18 · answer #9 · answered by 2Janus2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I like knowing that I'm right.
But at the same time, living in the Bible Belt in the US, I feel like a stranger in a strange land. It's lonely at times knowing that you're one of the few sane people in a country full of nutters.
2007-12-04 05:27:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋