Happiness level after embracing atheism

[robvalue]

Wait, did I read this right...

Lek gave up following the Catholic Church because it was... too hard? Too many rules?

That doesn't sound like someone who seriously thinks their immortal soul is in the balance.

Good point Rob.  The rules and laws did stress me out, but I wouldn't have left the catholic church if I didn't see that the rules weren't biblical.  I never stopped being a christian in the process.  I just grew in my faith and followed what the scriptures taught me.  Christianity isn't some rigid set of beliefs that we grit our teeth and accept, but rather a relationship with Christ that continues to develop throughout our lives.  I assume you're an evolutionist, but I'm sure you don't agree with every evolutionist as to how every detail of the process occurred.  Christians follow Christ, but have disagreements on certain meanings of scripture.  Nobody has perfect understanding of scripture on the day they die, but we all rely on Christ for our salvation.

So...

It was a coincidence that you discovered all the rules you didn't want to follow anymore happened to be unbiblical at the same time as getting fed up following them? If that's the case, what relevance is it how difficult they are to follow? If however you'd already stopped because they were hard, then clearly that was the motivating factor and you later justified it to yourself.

Sure, I'm an "evolutionist" (I doubt that's a real word) but I don't base my opinions about reality on how difficult things are to do, nor does my study of evolution have any impact on how I live my life.

Please, please don't try to tell me I base my morality on evolution. I'll give you enough credit to assume that wasn't the implication.