I am curious: what do my fellow atheists like most about being an atheist?
For me, it's about sex. I like being an atheist because I like all of the guilt-free sex that I can have, whenever I want it, however I want it, and with whoever (as long as she's legally an adult). I am not into one-night stands but I would love to have an atheist girlfriend or a very close buddy with benefits. Anyways, being an atheist helps me out with my very strong libido and I love not having some puritanical deity tell me that I am not allowed to love or enjoy sex.
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http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Atheist.
I like that I live in the now, enjoying and experiencing life as much as possible, instead of:
Going through life like it is some giant test for the afterlife, all the while your subconscious brain is screaming "something does not add up here!" if you are a theist.
I'm hip my nig
Not waking up at the ass crack of dawn on a weekend morning to go to church. Not having to stand, sit, kneel repeatedly in church.
I honestly feel like atheists live a more free life. I'm not like some of my friends who worry about if/how/when to baptize their kids. Or the guilt of having to do so because of original sin or some BS. I like not getting my panties in a twist because someone said Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah to me. Although the news would have people believe there's a war on Christmas and it's us atheists ruining it. A lot of us believe "live and let live". We're really not the ones getting angry over those little things. We live for us and not some gray beard in the sky judging us.
Compared to my time as a theist: the mental liberation, the absence of cognitive dissonance, the peace of mind and the increased awareness of the precious nature of every moment of life. (My apologies if that became a little sappy at the end.)
@Alembé: "increased awareness of the precious nature of every moment of life"
Absolutely right. Our mortality is the glass that holds the wine of our lives.
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No more eye in the sky.
I've only recently become an atheist, but I can tell you that I feel SANER then ever before. I always appreciated science and critical thinking, and as a theist I always felt like I was being torn apart by the conflict between my religious beliefs and my rational mind. I enjoy the freedom to use my own power of thinking to understand the world. I feel empowered now, and I greatly appreciate the men and women who have dedicated their lives to making sense of the universe using the scientific method.
Yup! All of the above.
My atheism has nothing to do with my feelings. It doesn't cause me pleasure or pain in of itself. It is just the way things are.
I like being an Atheist, because I don't live with the shame or guilt of sin and the fear of hell.
My reaction to the question is similar to Myke's. 'Atheist' is what religionists call me. There is no reason to believe in any afterlife or currently defined god, but that doesn't define who I am.
Religious faith and organised religions are simply problems humanity must overcome.
Religionists complain here that non-believers see nothing good in religion...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/28/dogmatic-atheists-think-right...
and I don't. That doesn't mean I see nothing good in religious people. It is their ideas, superstition and support for sectarian or tribal practices (such as religiously motivated child genital mutilation, faith schools and religious courts) to which object.
The Telegraph article used the term 'militant atheist'. It seems to me that 'militant' means no more than when non-believers contradict religious dogma or creed.
I do what I want, eat what I want, date who I want, whenever I want to. That is the freedom of the shackles that come from the self imposed limits of Religious following. Our time here on this Earth, on this universe.. is so much more of value and can no longer be taken for granted. I absolutely love it. Oh yeah and guilt free sex is awesome.
In essence I reckon I see life the way it is. I face reality. Religious bullshit angers me massively. I hate it's privileged position. How easy religionists take offence and bleat about being persecuted. Most simply, I feel free as an atheist. Free from the most damaging crap our species has embraced. I'm a grumpy git, but that's me. I don't see much to feel great about. I see stuff for how it is. Sometimes that's uncomfortable, but that's the way it is.
Freedom from religious dogma
What makes you think theists stress about extramarital sex? If they think they did wrong, all they have to do is confess or pray or whatever their dogma tells them and they are free