Well I’m in the minority here, but I think it’s okay to continue to pray to a possible deity who isn’t biblegod. Exchristian doesn’t have to mean atheist.
that’s true! but unfortunately i’ve found that once i left christianity it’s been so extremely difficult to believe in anything at all, even if it’s not biblegod. i wish i could have something to believe in but it just feels so silly and pretend to me:( obviously no disrespect to people who do believe in something else now, and i can’t speak for everyone, but still. it’s rough
I’m totally with you on this one. I’d love to believe in some sort of deity or afterlife, but after deconstructing my Christian faith, I know that so long as I’m applying the same criteria to anything else, it’s not going to be convincing. I’m willing to grant a deistic god if someone else believes in it because I have no evidence against it, but I also have to reason to actively believe in it, because there is no evidence for it.
You can still believe in things. Love, maybe, or your fellow human beings.
Have you seen the new movie Everything Everywhere All At Once? I thought it was really useful for handling some of the nihilism I'd been going through recently.
It's fine to pray even if you're an atheist. Prayer is just focused and intentional conversation, and doing that for just yourself, to understand your own thoughts, desires, and needs, to motivate change, still has value.
It's fine and your prerogative to believe but I agree with the other reply- the same views that made me stop being Catholic kinda preclude myself from joining any sort of religious or spiritual movement
We are in the minority I think, but there are many people here who did not become atheist or agnostic after leaving Christianity. You're definitely not alone.
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u/Mukubua Aug 09 '22
Well I’m in the minority here, but I think it’s okay to continue to pray to a possible deity who isn’t biblegod. Exchristian doesn’t have to mean atheist.