My experience was kind of Similar to Lebeni's
I stopped feeling guilty about normal human urges. I didn't waste time in Church after a certain point. This may be self incriminating but I did go to a different Church for awhile after I stopped believing. I live in a rural area and the avenues for socialization are churches and bars here, That's unless I strike up conversations with people I don't know in random public places which I've never been good at. Bars aren't an option as it is not good to mix alcohol with the meds I take and I've never liked to drink anyway.
So going to Church to socialize seemed like a good idea until I got tired of God, God, praise God, obey God.
One of the things was, I realized few if any of the people at my old Church were my friend, after going there for almost 20 years. I realized I don't really owe that Church a damned thing.
overall, I felt freed, although I did miss praying for a while.
I stopped feeling guilty about normal human urges. I didn't waste time in Church after a certain point. This may be self incriminating but I did go to a different Church for awhile after I stopped believing. I live in a rural area and the avenues for socialization are churches and bars here, That's unless I strike up conversations with people I don't know in random public places which I've never been good at. Bars aren't an option as it is not good to mix alcohol with the meds I take and I've never liked to drink anyway.
So going to Church to socialize seemed like a good idea until I got tired of God, God, praise God, obey God.
One of the things was, I realized few if any of the people at my old Church were my friend, after going there for almost 20 years. I realized I don't really owe that Church a damned thing.
overall, I felt freed, although I did miss praying for a while.
