RE: Ex theists: what did you believe?
April 19, 2015 at 1:58 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2015 at 1:58 am by superAtheistnut.)
I was brought up as a Roman Catholic - loved it. Have nothing to complain about really. I actually miss it.
In my teens and young adults, I simply stopped attending church cause I had more fun things to do.
As an adult, I now dwell on new thoughts that all religions were man-made and the gods our ancestors saw were in fact MORTAL multi-dimensional superior beings . Demi-gods at best, possibly our universe was created by highly advanced civilizations. Yes they are our creators but not our gods. Because then you have to ask who created them and where are their gods?
Am I an Atheist now? Not sure, am I agnostic , yup. Am I a theist, I want to be I miss it.
Atheism I find is very depressing, which is why I've slowly gone back to the Catholic church. Not because I"m a believer, but for the comradery of a social-group that atheism cannot offer me. Had I been brought up a Muslim/Jew/etc I'd lean that way too.
I wonder if anyone else feels atheism has failed them spiritually? To me it has, science is very materialistic as atheism, but it does not offer any insight into the human psychy of why we urge for friendship and a feeling of belonging with a higher divine (even if it doesnt exist).
In my teens and young adults, I simply stopped attending church cause I had more fun things to do.
As an adult, I now dwell on new thoughts that all religions were man-made and the gods our ancestors saw were in fact MORTAL multi-dimensional superior beings . Demi-gods at best, possibly our universe was created by highly advanced civilizations. Yes they are our creators but not our gods. Because then you have to ask who created them and where are their gods?
Am I an Atheist now? Not sure, am I agnostic , yup. Am I a theist, I want to be I miss it.
Atheism I find is very depressing, which is why I've slowly gone back to the Catholic church. Not because I"m a believer, but for the comradery of a social-group that atheism cannot offer me. Had I been brought up a Muslim/Jew/etc I'd lean that way too.
I wonder if anyone else feels atheism has failed them spiritually? To me it has, science is very materialistic as atheism, but it does not offer any insight into the human psychy of why we urge for friendship and a feeling of belonging with a higher divine (even if it doesnt exist).
