What do you like about being an atheist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do you and I’ll do me. You will not convince me.

pp is very stubborn, plus they like the idea of living forever in some form. Plus, their religion probably teaches them to resist outside influences. Most religions do. It's how they keep people in the fold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really like being an atheist. I wish I could believe in something.

I figure that you do believe in a lot of things. It's just that none of them are supernatural.

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Anonymous wrote:Since I’m nothing more than the material I’m made of, and since every move and decision I make is reducible to mere physics and chemistry, I most like not being held accountable for my actions.

You are held accountable for your actions, though, by the laws people have made that apply to you and everyone else who's currently alive and living in a civil society.

Many of those laws are grounded in religious beliefs. Regardless, based on materialistic atheism, I have no free will and it’s nonsensical that I should be held accountable for my actions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When it’s over it’s over. That gives me a real sense of peace

Same. I find non-existence comforting.

I don’t. It is depressing to me.

Think through what any form of eternal life would actually be like and you'll realize how utterly horrifying it would be. Non existence is definitely better.

I have and I would rather there be something else. We all have different perspectives.

Something you have no idea exactly what it is?

You'll commit to that for eternity?

Super risky!

As for non-existence, pick any day before you were born. You didn't exist then. Was that terrible?

+1 I have no thoughts about before I was born. I was a non-entity then, just as I will be after I die. I'm glad to be alive, but if I hadn't had this life, I would have never known it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I’m nothing more than the material I’m made of, and since every move and decision I make is reducible to mere physics and chemistry, I most like not being held accountable for my actions.

You are held accountable for your actions, though, by the laws people have made that apply to you and everyone else who's currently alive and living in a civil society.

Many of those laws are grounded in religious beliefs. Regardless, based on materialistic atheism, I have no free will and it’s nonsensical that I should be held accountable for my actions.

Many of the laws that we live by are to preserve a civil society of which you are a member. We're all held accountable for adhering to the law, irrespective of religious beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Honest answer? What I like about being an atheist is knowing I am not subject to a false belief system.

I like that knowing right from wrong for me is not mixed up in a fear of what my religion tells me but is derived from moral clarity from within.

I like not being tied to superstition and ritual.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t really like being an atheist. I wish I could believe in something.

I figure that you do believe in a lot of things. It's just that none of them are supernatural.

I love this answer.

[Anonymous]

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I don't think I have seriously considered why I am an atheist. It is more like a reaction from my youth. I grew up in a country where communism was forced down our throat like a religion. I am just happy to not have to belong or pretend to believe in anything. I guess I like the passive freedom.

Same here. Also with the not having to pretend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like being free from the obligation to attend church on Sunday. That's how the Catholic Church I grew up in put it: "Sunday obligation." The only obligation I honor on Sunday is to have fun. Guilt free fun.

Written like a true product of western liberalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest answer? What I like about being an atheist is knowing I am not subject to a false belief system.

I like that knowing right from wrong for me is not mixed up in a fear of what my religion tells me but is derived from moral clarity from within.

I like not being tied to superstition and ritual.

Now tell us how you know what is right and wrong

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like being free from the obligation to attend church on Sunday. That's how the Catholic Church I grew up in put it: "Sunday obligation." The only obligation I honor on Sunday is to have fun. Guilt free fun.

Written like a true product of western liberalism.

I am not a liberal or a conservative. I am a cradle catholic who became disgusted with the church due to the child molesting and cover ups, the hipocrasy of the parishoners and the guilt tripping around the faith. The church was no solace to me after suffering years of abuse and neglect. There was no god to protect or comfort me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honest answer? What I like about being an atheist is knowing I am not subject to a false belief system.

I like that knowing right from wrong for me is not mixed up in a fear of what my religion tells me but is derived from moral clarity from within.

I like not being tied to superstition and ritual.

Now tell us how you know what is right and wrong

You don't need religion to know the difference between right and wrong. If that were the case, prisons would be empty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honest answer? What I like about being an atheist is knowing I am not subject to a false belief system.

I like that knowing right from wrong for me is not mixed up in a fear of what my religion tells me but is derived from moral clarity from within.

I like not being tied to superstition and ritual.

Now tell us how you know what is right and wrong

DP here. I hope you're not suggesting that only religion can teach people the difference between right and wrong.

If that were the case, prisons would be empty.

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Anonymous wrote:I like being free from the obligation to attend church on Sunday. That's how the Catholic Church I grew up in put it: "Sunday obligation." The only obligation I honor on Sunday is to have fun. Guilt free fun.

Written like a true product of western liberalism.

I am not a liberal or a conservative. I am a cradle catholic who became disgusted with the church due to the child molesting and cover ups, the hipocrasy of the parishoners and the guilt tripping around the faith. The church was no solace to me after suffering years of abuse and neglect. There was no god to protect or comfort me.

I am sorry to hear that. That is very sad. As someone who was raised in Catholic Church, I can understand your skepticism and pain. I personally converted to a Protestant church that provides amazing pastoral care and has many safe guards against clergy abuse. However, if I had been a victim of church sanctioned child abuse I would have probably given up on religion also.

It is not acceptable when churches mistreat or neglect the needs of their members, especially children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's not a question of like or dislike. It's not good or bad. It's not one or the other. It's just what is. There is no god. Accepting truth doesn't have a "like" to it.

sure, but still, you can like something about being an atheist. Do you like feeling right? Do you like not feeling guilty about not observing a religion? Do you like feeling better now that you've figured it out?

I'm the PP. It's sort of like asking what do you like about gravity. It is something that exists irrespective of what one thinks about it.