Religion
In reply to the discussion: Question for atheists. [View all]rurallib
(62,406 posts)but waffled on god for about 40 years - actually didn't think about it much.
The revelations about the priestly abuse of the kids - I was one of them - reawakened a philosophical strain in me. I had pretty much suppressed the memories, but they came flooding back as if they were yesterday.
For one thing I thought I was pretty much alone, but access to the internet let me know I wasn't. After reading more and more about religions and atheism, i slowly made a trek toward atheism. Then one day about ten years ago I did have an epiphany. I had been hanging onto a possibility of a god for a long time then it just hit me - gods make no sense. Or at least in the constructs humans currently use.
Goodness gracious I felt like someone had just lifted a a huge lead weight off my back. I called my kids who had moved to atheism long before they left high school and expressed how I felt. They were so proud of me.
My wife had always been pretty much atheist - actually more simply areligious.
Every day when I see the problems religion causes only to prove their god is the true one, I am so glad i don't add to that fire.
When that religion is so beat into you, it is hard to just walk away. But I feel so much better.
Right now I am listening to a Seth Andrews (atheist lecturer) lecture in the background. Feeling better all the time.