Atheist/non-religious thread

[black_cat]

So what do y'all think about an afterlife, or absence of one?

Meh
you die/lose consciousness
and that's it
your body decomposes
Sometimes I like to entertain ideas of reincarnation, but they just don't make sense
Whenever I think about something like heaven or hell, my brain always comes up with something like the scenario in the show The Good Place, not really eternal damnation and being eaten alive over and over or being burned for eternity

 

[Aapomp831]

This sounds kind of like agnosticism to me. I identify as agnoscopal, a term I made up jokingly but it is pretty serious. Agnostic episcopalian. As for my history with religion.. way too personal to get into in depth. Don't feel comfortable getting into that trauma. For when I feel spiritual, is with my animals. I was once told I see the hands of God through my animals. I am still very much agnostic so I don't know if that's true or not or if I believe it but it's beautiful nonetheless.

I love that

 

[CHlCKEN]

As a child I was naive and once prayed to god for a baby

idk WHAT i was thinking. I was like 7.

I prayed to Santa clause and god to give my fairy wings when I was six.

 

[Aapomp831]

Thanks to OP for starting it. I feel a little timid about being here and feel a bit as if I am crashing the party. But I am very interested in learning the atheist perspective and getting to know how people think who are different from me. If I only hang out with people like myself, how do I learn? I promise to be respectful and not to impose my beliefs, or to be critical, judgmental or argumentative. Under those terms, may I stay? Mostly I will probably lurk, but I did not want to be sneaky.

Hey there, thanks for asking this question. I have some reading that I keep in my phone at all times so when people ask this question it’s easier to show them this than really get into it... this article sticks to facts and facts only and really gets into the specific detail as to why I chose to not believe anymore. Take a second to read it and let me know your thoughts! If you want to of course lol

https://infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/whynotchristian.html

 

[CHlCKEN]

Sometimes I like to entertain ideas of reincarnation, but they just don't make sense

I do, too. Conscious in my mind (pun intended) is so confusing. If we can live once why can’t we live again, in a different body experiencing first hand another person’s consciousness. Hard to explain.

 

[black_cat]

Part of it is that I also don't want to give myself any false hope that a higher power will save me lol
like, we're all basically screwed, gen z is the last generation that can really stop global warming, and we'll all be too busy wading through college debt to really do anything about that

 

[CHlCKEN]

One big reason I steer away from Christianity is because the concept of it is just frightening to me. I’m lesbian and according the religion, that deems me not worthy of “gods love.” For being myself I will go to a place of eternal suffering. I simply do not want to be a part of something that tells me I’m not good enough.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Saw this on Weed Em And Reap’s Instagram Story

 

[black_cat]

Saw this on Weed Em And Reap’s Instagram Story View attachment 2685737

'LOL that escalated quickly'

 

[Aapomp831]

I heard somebody got ran off for being atheist already. I don't remember who it was though

Me. Had a very unpleasant encounter with someone on here and unfortunately I also didn’t behave in a way that makes me feel proud now. I was just so frustrated....