RE: How do you deal with life now that you are an atheist? (With a little of my life)
August 25, 2016 at 3:40 am
I more or less was a Christian from 16 to about 27, and I can think of much that changed as a result of changing my view to agnosticism at the time. No Bible study, praying or any of that other crap. It wasn't until much later that I had what could be described as an existential crisis. I came out of that essentially an Absurdist and today identify as an agnostic atheist, again not much change really - once I embraced that if there's any meaning in existence, we have to try and make it ourself, as futile as it may be.
I think as an atheist I have done far more introspection, and my greatest personal growth also came as an atheist. However, I think my atheism had little to do with it.
My advice would be this - answers can be elusive and it's OK to not have them all. Makes it a bit easier to accept. I expect when oblivion takes me in 0-20 or 30, maybe 40 years, I don't expect to have all the answers. I think I've more or less come to grips with that. In the meanwhile, I'm doing what I can to get back to living life fully. Ultimately, that's what I would advise - live life to the full, don't squander it. Appreciate the beauty around you.
I think as an atheist I have done far more introspection, and my greatest personal growth also came as an atheist. However, I think my atheism had little to do with it.
My advice would be this - answers can be elusive and it's OK to not have them all. Makes it a bit easier to accept. I expect when oblivion takes me in 0-20 or 30, maybe 40 years, I don't expect to have all the answers. I think I've more or less come to grips with that. In the meanwhile, I'm doing what I can to get back to living life fully. Ultimately, that's what I would advise - live life to the full, don't squander it. Appreciate the beauty around you.
