I've pretty much been an atheist my whole life, except for about a year and a half when after dealing with the second death of a good friend, I needed there to be a purpose behind the events in my life. The only real difference was I was trying to figure out what this deity wanted with me.
After the trauma wore off, however, I was back to my old atheist self.
After the trauma wore off, however, I was back to my old atheist self.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
