(December 14, 2015 at 4:54 pm)Kingpin Wrote: A few times I have heard atheists on this site being glad they are "free" from religion or they now have "freedom". I would like to know in what sense do you feel "free" after leaving religion. I assume most felt religion was a form of enslavement to a set of rules, guidelines, etc.
And in second part, do you think freedom means you are free to do entirely as you choose? Is freedom without limits? If there are limits, then are you really free?
Just interesting thoughts of the day from my brain. Enjoy.
Personally I felt pretty distressed as a kid to know someone was judging all my thoughts, and I got a bit ocd about it, I would think bad thoughts about God because of desperately trying not to have bad thoughts about God, I think I was a pretty anxious kid anyway so I don't blame religion for my ocd but I don't think it helped much to tell me an invisible man was reading my mind judging me and deciding wether or not I should burn in hell.
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