Hi Jenny,
There is a certain comfort in belief but that does not make it true however I suspect the difficulty you are experiencing is not so much no further reliance on a god but that you now feel like an outsider and I admit that can be troublesome, it must be worse when you live in a community where belief is strong (something I've never had).
Personally, like I tell my kids, I think the thing to do is start to understand why you are an atheist, to be able to justify it if you're challenged. I mean the really marvellous thing about humans is that, although we function better as a society with rules, as individuals we don't need them because we create our own goals, envisage our own aspirations ... we're goal setting animals! Sure we lean on friends and family from time to time and it certainly helps to know there are others like us out there (even if we're just virtual) but in essence we end up leaning on ourselves.
So maybe (just a suggestion), instead of feeling unhappy (that's not a criticism, just an observation) you could start figuring what you want to do with your life, where you want to go, who you want to be.
And as I said to someone else ... whilst this isn't something we can directly help you with we're here and we will always be willing to help you in whatever virtual way we can.
Kyu
There is a certain comfort in belief but that does not make it true however I suspect the difficulty you are experiencing is not so much no further reliance on a god but that you now feel like an outsider and I admit that can be troublesome, it must be worse when you live in a community where belief is strong (something I've never had).
Personally, like I tell my kids, I think the thing to do is start to understand why you are an atheist, to be able to justify it if you're challenged. I mean the really marvellous thing about humans is that, although we function better as a society with rules, as individuals we don't need them because we create our own goals, envisage our own aspirations ... we're goal setting animals! Sure we lean on friends and family from time to time and it certainly helps to know there are others like us out there (even if we're just virtual) but in essence we end up leaning on ourselves.
So maybe (just a suggestion), instead of feeling unhappy (that's not a criticism, just an observation) you could start figuring what you want to do with your life, where you want to go, who you want to be.
And as I said to someone else ... whilst this isn't something we can directly help you with we're here and we will always be willing to help you in whatever virtual way we can.
Kyu
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