What is not believing in God like?

Not believing in God is like not shaving.

'Oh you're growing a beard' people say.

'No, I'm just not shaving.'

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Permalink Reply by Logicallunatic on May 12, 2013 at 9:49pm

It's liberating when you discover the whole thing is based on nothing but man-made wish-thinking from our intellectual infancy.

Permalink Reply by Dale Headley on May 13, 2013 at 2:10am

Pardon my arrogance, but I look at it as confirmation that I am more intelligent than most Americans.

Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on May 14, 2013 at 11:42pm

That's no great comfort! Not to insult the average citizen, but education is not one of the country's top values. It's like realizing that you are thinner than most Americans.

Permalink Reply by Emperor Milos on May 13, 2013 at 10:10am

Not believing in God is like not shaving.

'Oh you're growing a beard' people say.

'No, I'm just not shaving.'

As someone who doesn't believe in god and doesn't shave, I fully support this description.

Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on May 13, 2013 at 10:22am

Sort of like 'losing his hair'.  It makes the guy sound so bloody absent minded - like his hair follicles aren't actually dying, and he doesn't have male pattern baldness - he just keeps losing his hair.  Where the hell does he keep putting it?  How should I know?  If we knew that we could just tell him - maybe tattoo it on his forearm - and then he'ld stop losing his hair!

'Balding' isn't much better really.  I mean it sounds so intentional, like 'growing a beard'.  I can just see this guy's resume - "Great Multi-tasker" (able to attend meetings while balding and beard growing).

Permalink Reply by Strega on May 13, 2013 at 12:19pm

Balding and beard growing?  Ah!  He is simply growing through his hair.

Permalink Reply by Physeter on May 14, 2013 at 1:08am

Oh, wait....THERE it is! I'm cured.

Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on May 14, 2013 at 11:45pm

roflmao. I could see you doing that as part of your bit in a comedy show.

Permalink Reply by Paul Zink on May 13, 2013 at 3:36pm

It's pretty much like not believing in Santa Claus or Unicorns or Voldemort: not something to which you give much thought. 

Permalink Reply by Jorita on May 13, 2013 at 4:44pm

Freedom for me, and frustration that others don't get "IT"

Permalink Reply by Tom Sarbeck on May 14, 2013 at 12:49pm

Belle, a roller coaster period is a good time to be keeping notes for a memoir.

The religious beliefs I knew (Catholicism's) were so cruel that I felt no discomfort or confusion.

I felt a bit comforted that all of the world's major religions had a version of xianity's Golden Rule.

And I felt free.

Permalink Reply by Grady Jean on May 14, 2013 at 7:06pm

Not believing in God? Feels the same as not believing in Zeus, Thor, Quetzlcoatl, Amaterasu, and Anasasi.

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