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comments →  [–]RightReverendJA 14 points15 points ago   don't
really consider atheism a way of life...  Exactly. My 'way of
life' is unchanged. I work, I see my friends, I read the books I
enjoy and spend too much time playing Minecraft...  What I don't
do is let dogma or scripture or local clergy tell me how to live
my life, what friends to see, what books to read, and so on.
For me, nothing attracted me to atheism. Rather, quite a lot
repelled me from the faith I was raised in. My first impulse was
to find a new faith, but every one I looked at was just as
flawed.  Upshot: Atheism isn't something you believe in. It's
the word for what happens when you don't believe in what the
other guys do believe.  [–]Gr33nD34m0n 0 points1 point ago   For
many of us I'm sure it is an improvement in our ways of living,
more personal time, less stress, greater freedom in the
activities and interests we choose to pursue.  I know many have
also made sacrifices