Crashfrog writes:
I envision this as a thread where what it means to live as an atheist can be explored, and what, if anything, is lost or gained when the choice is made to abandon self-deception and embrace atheism.
I guess it means that you don't have stablilisers on your thinking box.
That may sound a bit harsh, but imagine how you would react to someone who honesty believed in Father Christmas?
But what did it for me was that a god just seemed supurfluous as I got to understand how realilty works.
Just like when I figured out where the presents came from.
Figuring things out seems to be the key, here. Not figuring things out seems the province of believing in gods 'n stuff.