don't be so quick to judge....

why atheism? why not Islam? or 'worse', couldn't you just have become a Jehovah's witness?

It amuses me the way most people are typically more comfortable hating what they do not understand as opposed to trying to learn more about the issue in-order to understand. (i suppose such is the appeal of ignorance).

I did not choose to be different, i simply have always been different (perhaps it's a genetic disposition of some sort).

Even as a theist i always had questions that no pastor, bishop or apologetic could reason out. i mean with all the evidence how can one be a scientist disregarding evolution all the while proceeding to make postulations and draw conclusions using axioms upon which evolution is based? (how can you not practice what you 'teach'?)

Self-contradiction hurts. (if you know me you probably have noticed the 'just believe' line has never been enough, i simply have always needed more than that). I simply found to have less confusion i had to excise the source of my confusion and contradiction. (religion... all of them).

I have found i am now much better suited to function with this new found clarity. ( a naturalistic world view consistent with logic, reason, and rationale based on critical thinking).

what is it like being an atheist?

Well it sucks! (sometimes...) i spend half if not sometimes the whole day battling ignorance, spreading truth, logic, reason, and common sense. i labor to share the benefits of critical thinking and scientific reasoning to a hateful judgmental crowd.

Once in a while, it's nice when i meet an open-minded theist who in-spite of their worldview still manages to formulate wonderful ideas. (once in a blue moon!) more commonly than not am treated to TROLLS, dimwitted numnuts and the odd emotional nut-jobs. it's amazing how many people can be interested in 'saving' you.

With time i have come to realise most people honestly believe beyond a doubt what they are doing is right and correct (true?), perhaps it could also just be them trying to pass on an innate fear for which they have no rational explanation for. (thanks mom for caring...).

Goes without saying, when am not so busy being an atheist, am busy working, studying, living, loving, learning... sharing and caring. (my world-view is just a small part what defines me as a person).