(January 23, 2016 at 8:55 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: How does one remain an atheist? I only ask because I have "tried" atheism a few times, but always have found myself drawn back to my Catholic faith.I wonder how in era of easy access to information one remain theist. As for remaining atheist - knowledge can not be unlearn.
Quote:I suppose I find myself still "practicing" the Faith because life just gets hard at times . It seems people and life are so flawed, imperfect, and downright bad. The Church is the same way in a lot of ways, but I suppose it's just the faith, it's stories and teachings I find attractive and hard to dump. Religion may be the "opium of the people" yet it is a strong and satisfying opium all the same
I suppose many people cling to faith for the same reasons. But for me imperfection of people and world isn't reason to believe in space wizard. One could even argue that said imperfection is another thing that make existence of something called god unlikely.
As for opium I think that religion indeed is exactly that. But opium is or rather was used to dull pain, bringing joy I consider side effect. Marx I suppose also thought of religion as something that is forced onto people in order to dull their pain to acceptable levels so they accept their lot in life and won't try throwing their shackles of.
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I just wonder if any of you have felt that way about the religion you were raised in (if there was any) and how you cope with the loss a lack of faith brings? What do you fill the empty space with?
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.I was raised (kinda, parent's weren't exactly fervent believers) as Roman Catholic and I don't feel that abandoning such faith was loss. There is no empty space, or maybe there is space that before was filled with myths and now can be filled with knowledge.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Bakunin.
