What is being an Atheist like?

[abaris]

My questions:

1.) Why are you an atheist?

2.) What is life like for an atheist?

3.) There is no God. How do you cope with that? How do you find purpose and meaning in your life?

4.) What are your thoughts on death?

5.) Has being an atheist changed your life in any way? If so, how?

Those are all my questions for now. If I have anymore, I'll be sure to ask.

1) In a nutshell. 13 billion years old universe, 3,5 billion years old earth. 2 million years of humans being around, if we take a generous estimate. That's roughly 2 percent of the time, dinosaurs roamed the earth. 5000 years of organised religion, 2000 years of christianity.

So, for me, all the scripted, geocentric gods are out of the window.

2) Atheism isn't what I am. Outside of here, I don't spend a single second reflecting on me being an atheist. Where I live, religion isn't part of dailly life and conversations anyway.

3) What purpose? The purpose of life is living it and caring for the loved ones.

4) Same as before birth. Not existing.

5) No, atheism, as I said above, isn't what I am or what my values are about. Other outside influences have changed me over the decades. But that's just a natural development.