RE: Observation after embracing atheism for a year
July 13, 2016 at 8:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2016 at 9:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 11, 2016 at 8:46 am)thool Wrote:(July 10, 2016 at 9:47 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: My deconversion was 40 plus yrs ago. I seem to remember a feeling of freedom and release. Shaking off the fucked up thoughts/actions tied to the delusion.
Prior to your deconversion was life something less than "real"?
I don't understand "alone".
Oh life was not very real to me, because I had a spiritual warranty that skewed my perception of reality. Now that I am free, I can judge my words and actions based upon my own human gauge as opposed to some dreamed up stuff written thousands of years ago.
The word "alone" in my context simply means that I am not in the company of some higher power. Actually, now I am far from alone, because I am in the company of my fellow humans, and feel great allegiance to this experience.
And the irony is, most people, after eliminating the belief in a "moral authority" become more moral.
When you understand that, to get forgiveness for a wrong that you do, has to come from the actual (existent) person who you wronged, instead of asking for forgiveness from a nonexistent being, one is more likely to take other people's well being into account when contemplating one's actions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
