Once the idea that there was a god fell away, the idea of hell or having someone guiding me fell away also. What was difficult was losing all of my friends and social network. I went for years without friends. However, after years of living by such cloying rules and demanding rule-makers, it was nice to be alone for a time and find my own way.
Religion is not the answer-it is the problem. Everything considered, we would be better off without it.~Baubles of Blasphemy~Edwin F. Kagin
"Much better to have the ability to think critically, than the ability to quote scripture. One says you have a functioning mind. The other says you're a parrot." -- The Secular Buddhist
"Much better to have the ability to think critically, than the ability to quote scripture. One says you have a functioning mind. The other says you're a parrot." -- The Secular Buddhist
