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Is it okay to be an atheist?
If you were born to parents who are atheists, and you live in a community surrounded by atheists, and you go to a school with other atheist children and a bunch of atheist professors, then it's probably normal to be an atheist If you are born into a family and your parents are believers in one religRead more
If you were born to parents who are atheists, and you live in a community surrounded by atheists, and you go to a school with other atheist children and a bunch of atheist professors, then it’s probably normal to be an atheist If you are born into a family and your parents are believers in one religion over another, and you live in a community where that religion is widely practiced, and you go to a school where your schoolmates are from that same religion and the teachers are also from that same religion, then I think being an atheist would not be normal. I believe that God has given us inner light to know that he exists, but we can very easy to suppress that knowledge, especially in an environment which encourages us to do so. Given the number of cultures throughout history which exhibit a knowledge of some type of higher power as compared to the number of cultures which completely dismiss the idea of a God or higher power, I would say it is not normal to be an atheist.
See lessHow do I rid myself of bad thoughts and feelings?
Anytime those emotions bubble up, redirect yourself. Understandably, it isn't easy, but if you are fighting against thinking about or feeling a certain thing, you will inevitably think and feel those things, because whatever you resist persists. You need to completely take your mind away from them aRead more
Anytime those emotions bubble up, redirect yourself. Understandably, it isn’t easy, but if you are fighting against thinking about or feeling a certain thing, you will inevitably think and feel those things, because whatever you resist persists. You need to completely take your mind away from them and put it on to something else. Bring your thoughts to positive places whenever you start feeling emotional. It’s probably annoying to hear that, but it is what I have had to do. It also never hurts to talk to someone. I have had 3 different therapists in my adult life and am not someone who has had a traumatic childhood, we all have experiences that are scarring. I also can’t recommend personal development books enough. It isn’t a bunch of balogna as people might say. The more you learn about how your mind works, the easier it is to control it.
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