Critical thinker, skeptical about atheism.

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I do understand that when all you've known is religion, the idea that atheism is nothing like it, has no structure, edicts or leaders, can be a little overwhelming. It's the realization that what you see is pretty much what you get, and we humans have to sort things out ourselves.

I guess it's a lot like leaving prison after being institutionalised. Some people just don't want to leave that environment and so do everything they can to be kept inside.

Atheism is not a replacement for religion, and as such offers no insight and no promises. It's just that you have unshackled yourself and are now free to enjoy the world as it really is.