(November 8, 2023 at 11:10 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: When I realized I had become an atheist, I experienced an overwhelming sense of emancipation from anxiety, irrational thinking and fear. Enough said!
I experienced that.
But I also experienced an increased loss of meaning, loss of special status, loss of relationships, regret over my past and wasted time, loss of God, loss of hope of morality, freewill, and an afterlife too.
Mixed bag.