What it feels like to be an Atheist

[andrewducker]

I'm lucky - I live in the UK, where I'm largely surrounded by people who may, in some way, feel that there's more to life than what they can see around them, but in general don't follow any specific religion.

If I lived in the US, I'd almost certainly feel more like this.

Comments

[0olong.livejournal.com]

Do you feel left out because nobody persecutes you for being an atheist?

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link.

The US is a big place, and a lot of it isn't relentlessly Santist.

[andrewducker]

I'm agnostic.

Those atheists are just too certain of themselves for me :->

[0olong.livejournal.com]

I think I'm probably both. I believe there's no god, but, you know... I'm not that sure. I couldn't rule out every possible conception of a Supreme Being, that's almost as silly as being absolute confident in any one idea of It...

[andrewducker]

Well, absolutely. I refuse to be absolutely confident in anything other than my lack of knowledge. But supreme beings seem pretty bloody unlikely.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting the link.

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty certain there's no omnipresent, omnipotent Creator, but I don't altogether rule out higher-consciousness sort of things.

[darkoshi]

It is always somewhat of a disappointment to me, after meeting people who otherwise seem pretty cool and/or intelligent, to find out that they are Christian. I tend to assume that intelligent-seeming people wouldn't believe all that stuff... so when I find out, it's a let-down.

[andrewducker]

I find the idea of anything infinite causes all sorts of paradoxical problems, myself. So no omnipotence or omniscient stuff for me. _Effectively_ Ominiscient/omnipotent is fine tho :->

I live in THE BIBLE BELT

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

. No matter how much you humor them, they always demand more.



yup.

Which makes you wonder who is trying to convince whom.......

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

By the by, I'm planning on seeing 'Jerry Springer the Opera' next year in Edinburgh. Interested?

[nickys.livejournal.com]

Good article.

Although, unfortunately, my kids were victims of bullying for not believing in Santa, so I can't even rely on sane people not doing that.