(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.
Free of unnecessary guilt over perfectly normal human feelings or actions -- envy, sex without reproduction as a goal, and the like.
(December 14, 2015 at 4:54 pm)Kingpin Wrote: 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?
Freedom, like most other human abstractions, is not black-and-white, in my view; it resides on a continuum. I'm am free to do as I choose within my power on some matters. On others, that freedom is restricted by my personal ethos, state sanction, or the response of others who might be affected by my action.
