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New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 12:47 am
So, I've been denying my atheism for years, but man, I just can't do it anymore. That said, there's a reason I've been avoiding it. I'm terrified right now. I don't get how anyone's supposed to be happy like this.
I feel like...all I can do is cope with life now. I don't see what there is to look forward to, or to take reassurance in. Everything just seems empty.
(Why yes, I'm on meds and seeing a counselor. Doesn't help much.)
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 12:51 am
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Pray for redemption or suck it up. 
You might want to try to be more specific. What religion was it that you gave up? How long ago? What has you so scared?
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 2:09 am
(November 3, 2017 at 12:47 am)Rayden_Greywolf Wrote: So, I've been denying my atheism for years, but man, I just can't do it anymore. That said, there's a reason I've been avoiding it. I'm terrified right now. I don't get how anyone's supposed to be happy like this.
I feel like...all I can do is cope with life now. I don't see what there is to look forward to, or to take reassurance in. Everything just seems empty.
(Why yes, I'm on meds and seeing a counselor. Doesn't help much.)
if everything is empty, then you get to fill it with whatever you want, just use your imagination... isn't that freedom great?
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 6:34 am
There is no afterlife. You'd better make the most of this one.
Is the fear you feel based on a religious fantasy falsehood? Think about it.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 6:41 am
You could go back to the bullshit promises that can't be proven or substantiated.
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 7:01 am
(November 3, 2017 at 12:47 am)Rayden_Greywolf Wrote: So, I've been denying my atheism for years, but man, I just can't do it anymore. That said, there's a reason I've been avoiding it. I'm terrified right now. I don't get how anyone's supposed to be happy like this.
I feel like...all I can do is cope with life now. I don't see what there is to look forward to, or to take reassurance in. Everything just seems empty.
(Why yes, I'm on meds and seeing a counselor. Doesn't help much.)
The first thing to keep in mind about atheism, IMO, is that it is neither a goal in itself nor very consequential at all.
Happiness for us comes from, far as I can tell, pretty much the same channels as anyone else's. It just turns out to be unhindered by reliance on promises of afterlives and painful Stockholm Syndrome-like negotiations with others.
I take it that you used to value afterlife expectations or something comparable?
Morituri Delendi!
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 7:07 am
What are you unhappy with?
Also, welcome to our little band of heathens.
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 7:22 am
I've been an atheist all my life. It helped me with two things especially, my resistance to being "programmed" and my lack of worry about whether or not I'm offending some imaginary being.
But the most valuable thing I got from being an atheist was all those Sunday morning lie-ins.
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 7:31 am
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RE: New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it
November 3, 2017 at 7:45 am
Curmudgeon, hey? Just for that stay to hell off my lawn. 
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