Atheists ?How did you feel when you found out God wasn't real?

It was a real blow to me. Like, my eyes were totally opened. I began to go into immediate denial. Then numb for months. I pondered all I had believed in, then one day, i just laughed. It was freeing really. I realized I needed to care for myself and make my own decisions. I realized if I get sick, I should try to find care and If I was dying, I should prepare to leave earth. I look at others who believe in God in a different light however. I see them as senseless now. Depending on some God to rescue them or give them impressions or whatever.

I still talk to God, because It gives me a very good feeling, an energy, and I feel wholesome and unburdened. Like I have a higher power friend. I believe this "friend" loves me, and cares for me. Could be some friends of Mind, er mine...

And they have been here before in body, but are here to help me now through this life adventure.

I think there is a river of life, an ocean of "energy" that we can find our answers and talk to . Perhaps "God" is that ocean, a huge conductor of life flow , energies and so on.

We can make connections to that mind flow, or not, maybe because of physical limitations or chemical ones.

But yes, when I hear people getting all mushy or adamant about "God" and whomever, I kinda feel sorry for them . I feel they are still blind, and deaf to the truth. I don't mean to sound like a hypocrite, but the way I feel about a "god " now is way way different then as a Christian or Muslim would.

My Catholic Mom and Dad had 12 kids, and I was second oldest. We were Santa Claus. We wrapped gifts all night long on Christmas eve; my older brother and I . I didn't give a rats behind about Santa, because we all glowed happily as we watched baby Jesus in his crib and all the religious aspect of things was far more important than Santa. We just knew mom and dad were "Santa". We just couldn't wait to get the cool gifts, and see family and have the big feast of foods we never got to eat the whole year. We were poor, so Christmas was the one time we splurged on things we normally never had.

I was disappointed a bit.

I never liked all the fire and brimstone, and never understood why any of the rules were there. My best friend when growing up came out of the closet, and never felt he was a BAD person.

He did make some poor choices (gay wasn't one of them) but so did I! So all in all, I was disappointed I wasn't going to live forever, and there wasn't a sky daddy handing out prizes.

But at the same time I was relieved there wasn't all this 'unjust' 'justice' going to be dispensed.

I feel bad for them honestly. I believe they are living a lie, and it's sad really. I'm so much happier without the burdens of the world on my shoulders. Life makes sense again.

I hate to see them judge people by such shallow standards...

It wasn't really the same... Santa was just some gifts once a year. I was torn up believing millions of people were going to hell for what I consider BS reasons. And none of the rules made sense, or even seemed possible to follow.

And all the stories were just as ridiculous as the Santa stories. I'll give you that.

It felt wonderful. Trying to make sense of the universe acording to the Catholic Church hurt my brain. Once I had it all figured out, it just made so much sense.

I could say I don't think less of people who still believe in god. But at the end of the day, I have to admit, I do think they are wrong and misguided.

Santa, same feeling. The true story just makes more sense.

I'll aswer your question with a question. Why do atheists proudly denyGOD, and pat themselves on the back for their "enlightenment"? But when someone puts a gun to their head in an alley, or they see the oncoming 18 wheeler veer into their lane, or find out a close loved one (child, spouse, best friend, etc) has been badly injured and is in the emergency ward, or walk in the doors of a prison, or enter a warzone with death all around them, or feel themselves overdosing on cocaine or some other drug and fixing to die; or when the police are searching their car and there are drugs in it,or when they are being dragged into a hidden place by a group of men intent on raping and killing them,eytc, etc,etc, why is the first thing that 99% of the time comes to their mind or out of their mouth is, "OH GOD!! HELP......." ????????????

That same 3 letter word they are so proud to deny when all is well???? Just wondering.

It grow to be a delicate technique for me so via the time i in my view enable it pass it grow to be actual a alleviation to stop attempting to stress myself to believe or pretend i presumed in something that I only incredibly did no longer anymore. I went in tiers as nicely. I enable pass of the Christian god element yet believed in some conventional spirit or pantheistic god for awhile till i grow to be waiting to easily admit there grow to be interior the top no good evidence for even those incredibly extra achievable god ideas. What i believe approximately people who nonetheless believe relies upon on the guy and how they use such ideals of their existence. i will understand its psychological charm. the huge type one reason people draw close on aside from cultural indoctrination is worry of loss of existence and handling the shortcoming of family members. i know how troublesome it is so I even have sympathy. i assume it grow to be slightly comparable to as quickly as I discovered santa wasn't actual using fact there I additionally took time getting used to the belief, thinking its in all hazard no longer actual yet nonetheless attempting to believe till i grow to be waiting to enable pass.

Relieved.

Compassion.

No, because I never feared Santa Claus.

I was angry for a long time, at my parent's, my church, my own stupidity.

Then there was a sense of freedom as I dropped all of the guilt that wasn't mine to begin with.

Then I finally learned to love myself, despite my (real or imagined) flaws.

I'm much happier now, but the transition period was hell.

Atheists' can't really speak for themselves. Yes they have their own mind, but atheists' are troublesome and are stuck in a dark hole with the delusion of them making their own way of it--which isn't reality nor did it intended to be one. They created it for themselves. And refuse to follow the real light and guidance.

its not proven if the bible is real or not,

So your wrong when you say " Found out."

its what someone, something, or you, convinces you to believe.

It was a fairly slow process. I spent a lot of time reading and studying and came to one inescapable conclusion: There is no evidence for anything of a supernatural nature. So, it sort of ..... EVOLVED.