I Am An Atheist Stories of Experiences

Personally I would describe myself as a "follower" of the Gnostic traditions.
Religion and its expectation/insistence that you believe in a sky god is great for those that draw comfort from it & fair play to the comfort it gives them I...

Way back when, I attended catholic mass on and off - my parents made me. I thought the whole thing was nonsense, but I did notice a little sentence spoken by the priest: "The mystery of faith", with an intonation that said loud and...

NOTE: The following is Satire so do not read this if you have zero sense of humor.
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I know that this board for atheists to share their views in a community of like-minded people but screw that since, as a reformed atheist...

It hurts my feelings when people act differently towards me when they find out I'm an atheist. I'm not a bad person and I can declare that with confidence. I have good morals and so much love to give. Most importantly I want religious...

A little story. My office-next-door colleague is a great colleague.  She's friendly, helpful, competent, diligent, just a great person to work with.She and I had this conversation about children a couple of days ago.My colleague: "My...

Now many of theists ask and argue why god exists and many things and i have learned one thing why those peoples believe and we dont its cause we try to see the fact and think rationally instead of blindly over looking the facts

now i...

I live in the "deep south" of the USA, and it's terrible to be an atheist here. I was shown an article about 9 questions atheists might find insulting. I'm going to put my answers/thoughts below. If you're an atheist and are curious...

Many have wondered why "a perfect and benevolent god does such clearly stupid things and is a sadist that tortures you for eternity if you are "moral" but do not accept his son is the big cheese and worship him."
Happily, though...

The argument of Atheism isn't based on the imaginal elements such nature and naive discussion of something like morality and the common elements between religions, it's based on the long history of the Man's struggle for finding...

Let me apologise up front to those Christians that read this because I am a bit satirical or sarcastic based on your view. I do not mean anything rude by it and I welcome the same back. It makes this stuff entertaining. Also I am doing...

(This is a 2-minute speech for our major exam in Speech subject. Might as well share this to this group. I'm a new atheist and beginning to stand up for my new perspective.)

If I say that I saw the face of Jesus for real and I receive...

Now I will say this, I'm not 100% Atheist, but if you round up, it's close enough since I'm about 95% Atheist and about 5% Deist (If you don't know, there is a god, he set up the rules of the universe, set it in motion and then walked...

A friend of mine told me that in order to find life truly meaningful I had to have a relationship with god. And I said that if I have to submit to get rewarded, and if I don't submit then I am not rewarded, then I don't find that...

Don't get me wrong. I hate religious dogmas, the corruption of any type of institute, the opportunists that get themselves rich and prestigious in the name of superstition. Here is my problems of atheists today:
1. Atheists only dare...

I don't know who to worship...it's not a disfunction in my mind, I have a mind and I don't stop thinking about Jehovah and Jesus as well, sometimes I cry when I remember Jehovah blessing Abrams..when I see the cross, I feel of all Jesus...

I just realized that they do not have a separate experience section for religion. Instead, it's placed under hobbies. That seems to be a perfect place for it.

I have lived in a Christian nation and an Islamic country. I have known dozens of different Christians (from Catholics to Baptists to Coptics), both Sunni and Shia Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and many other religions. None of...

People originally made up gods to explain "unexplainable" events. Then, people realized how stupid most people are, and used the idea of a god to keep entire populations in line by instilling fear in them. If you think about it, that's...

There was rain. Humans did not understand why. So, they made up a rain god. Later, humans learn why there is rain (and that there is no rain god). So, things can be explained without the need of a magical god. So, if that's all gods are...

Hang on! Shit's about to get real...If you're a religious person, and easily offended, skip to the next story. I respect everyone's belief, but I may get a bit irreverent here.And Soul, this is going to be a long story so you can just...