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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for some of the responses.  However, can I ask the religious folks to sit this one out.  This post was not for you.  You're only proving why people abstain from religion.  Just calm down and allow Atheists to speak about their experiences.   I didn't post my questions for you to debate God or religion with Atheists.  If you can please refrain from the urge to debate with Atheists, then I will greatly appreciate it!  :thumbup:  I want this thread to remain civil.

I truly appreciate the Atheists who have responded.  I can really relate with those those of you who mentioned nature and doing good deeds.  Some of the posters who have posted have had similar experiences as I did growing up in a religious household.  I suppressed my thoughts every since I was a child to appease my parents.  However, now as an adult my feelings have resurfaced.    I just wanted to know how did Atheists come to that same point in their own lives that's all.  I'm not here to offend you or to cause a stir.  It's just me coming to the realization that [b]there probably isn't a God.  I don't know for sure.  So, maybe I'm an Agnostic.[/b]  However, one thing that I do know for sure is that I wasted viable time in my life on religion and obsessing about the existence of God.  It's just seems that the journey that I'm going through has giving me a sense of freedom that I have never had before.        [/quote]

Hello, OP – nice to know this discussion is helping you.  Regarding the difference between atheist and agnostic, please see 11:17 which says, among other things: “Briefly, agnostic means not knowing and atheist means not believing. It does NOT mean "knowing" there is no god. Regarding any supernatural being, humans technically can't know for sure, because such beings are invisible.”

I would suggest that you don't focus whether you're atheist or agnostic - just focus on what you do or do not believe. Then call yourself whatever makes you comfortable - atheist, agnostic, non-theist, non-believer, nothing, "none" or whatever.

I don't know "for sure" (I think that's impossible, but I don't spend time wondering if god might really exist, either) and call myself an atheist.  It's a personal choice.  Aside from the fact that I don't think "agnostic" fits for me, I'm also interested in trying to sanitize the word "atheist."  I look like and am a good person, so I want to educate people that an atheist can be a person like me.   Sometimes I lose my nerve, though, and when asked about my religion, will just say that I'm not really religious anymore and used to be Catholic.  That response is socially acceptable but I feel it's a cop-out.

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