I think you are denial of your own efforts to maintain your belief system, which of course is a practice.
Members of a vast minority have difficulty maintaining their beliefs in a society in which there is mass propagation of a belief system that runs counter to their own. It takes effort to sustain any belief which in such a minority position. It is only natural to have doubt when those around you are of a different belief system. It is natural for the non believer to doubt their non belief, if they are honest with themselves, so to sustain that non belief they have to practice it regularly and continually.
Coupled with the underlying trauma unresolved from failure with theism as a child, this time of year is especially difficult for those who don't share the religious "Christmas" spirit. The feelings of alienation from the larger part of society is a genuine malady, which is likely we see the anti religion types become so vocal this time of year.
Were you of a peaceful mind and heart on these subjects that had found your way through to opposition to your atheism, there would be no need to constantly rage against the theistic machine.
The resident ET atheists overflow with resentment for those with religious belief, so much so that is obvious to any reader of these threads that atheists have their own cross to bear, and let the theists know it with great regularity, great frequency and with great emotional force.
There is no practice of acceptance of those with religious belief by the true non believers here, and they are the knee jerk polar opposite of those who try to push their religion onto others.
Rarely, if ever do we find the atheist saying "I tried religion, didn't work for me. Maybe it works for others. Just because it wasn't true for me, doesn't mean it isn't true for other."
Members of a vast minority have difficulty maintaining their beliefs in a society in which there is mass propagation of a belief system that runs counter to their own. It takes effort to sustain any belief which in such a minority position. It is only natural to have doubt when those around you are of a different belief system. It is natural for the non believer to doubt their non belief, if they are honest with themselves, so to sustain that non belief they have to practice it regularly and continually.
Coupled with the underlying trauma unresolved from failure with theism as a child, this time of year is especially difficult for those who don't share the religious "Christmas" spirit. The feelings of alienation from the larger part of society is a genuine malady, which is likely we see the anti religion types become so vocal this time of year.
Were you of a peaceful mind and heart on these subjects that had found your way through to opposition to your atheism, there would be no need to constantly rage against the theistic machine.
The resident ET atheists overflow with resentment for those with religious belief, so much so that is obvious to any reader of these threads that atheists have their own cross to bear, and let the theists know it with great regularity, great frequency and with great emotional force.
There is no practice of acceptance of those with religious belief by the true non believers here, and they are the knee jerk polar opposite of those who try to push their religion onto others.
Rarely, if ever do we find the atheist saying "I tried religion, didn't work for me. Maybe it works for others. Just because it wasn't true for me, doesn't mean it isn't true for other."