Am I crazy?

[Mai Mariarti]

Hi every body,
I've been an Atheist for the past 30 Years and I was comfortable with that and never sought acknowledgment for my beliefs. I figured, I am what I am and my beliefs are private. However, recently, I've come to question my sanity! Am I crazy or is the rest of the world crazy to believe in an imaginary God? If so, what chance do I have against all these crazy people who believe in all sorts of mambo-jumbo rituals?
Before I became an Atheist, I was a Christian and before that, I was a Muslim. I find religion to be obscene with a touch of duplicity and our belief in an imaginary God, Well, Imaginary.
Have I lost it all together? If so, How go I get back to being a sheep again and oblivious to what's real and what its not, just to feel good about myself and have a purpose again? Be it a false one.
The way it stands, I don't believe in anything super natural or magical. I laugh at the notion of miracles.  
Is there something wrong with me? People tell me that I am a philosopher who will forever be depressed and lost in thought! Is this what I am looking forward to for the rest of my remaining life? If so, why should I continue to suffer in this insane world?
I can prove God is a lie through logic alone, but how will that make the world a better place?
I am not a troll. Just want some answers from fellow atheists whom I am sure had to tackle these questions on their own at some point.

[the_antithesis]

They're not crazy. Just self-centered.

[josephpalazzo]

You're not crazy, you just got a little saner than most people.

[aitm]

There are less and less of those whacko's everyday. Keep up the fight. Education will win in the end.

[Gerard]

Hi every body,
I've been an Atheist for the past 30 Years and I was comfortable with that and never sought acknowledgment for my beliefs. I figured, I am what I am and my beliefs are private. However, recently, I've come to question my sanity! Am I crazy or is the rest of the world crazy to believe in an imaginary God? If so, what chance do I have against all these crazy people who believe in all sorts of mambo-jumbo rituals?
Before I became an Atheist, I was a Christian and before that, I was a Muslim. I find religion to be obscene with a touch of duplicity and our belief in an imaginary God, Well, Imaginary.
Have I lost it all together? If so, How go I get back to being a sheep again and oblivious to what's real and what its not, just to feel good about myself and have a purpose again? Be it a false one.
The way it stands, I don't believe in anything super natural or magical. I laugh at the notion of miracles.  
Is there something wrong with me? People tell me that I am a philosopher who will forever be depressed and lost in thought! Is this what I am looking forward to for the rest of my remaining life? If so, why should I continue to suffer in this insane world?
I can prove God is a lie through logic alone, but how will that make the world a better place?
I am not a troll. Just want some answers from fellow atheists whom I am sure had to tackle these questions on their own at some point.

Life is not always easy, but reality is what we have to cope with. I'm not sure how that will make the world a better place but facing reality works better than living a fantasy and annoying other people with that.

Gerard

[Solitary]

Of course you are crazy, putting up with theist and their superstitious nonsense would make anyone crazy.    Solitary

[Fidel_Castronaut]

If you think you're crazy then you can't be crazy.

[JI_Joe]

There are less and less of those whacko's everyday. Keep up the fight. Education will win in the end.

True that

[Sal1981]

Don't worry, you got it at the right end of the stick.

[PickelledEggs]

You didn't come off as a troll. No worries.  :)

And like jp said:

You're not crazy, you just got a little saner than most people.

You aren't crazy, just ahead of the curve.  

How go I get back to being a sheep again

1: Why would you want to go back to being a sheep? You can make your own purpose, because you own your life, not an imaginary friend.
2: You can't go back anyway. once you take the red pill, you officially left the matrix.... or was it the blue pill... I can't remember.

[Aroura33]

Welcome  :-D
I hope you find this forum a great place to talk to those who have had similar experiences.  And no, you aren't crazy.

[Mai Mariarti]

Thanks many much you guys for your words of encouragement.
Now only if I can find a way to post on other threads besides the intro. Anyone know how I can do that? Read the sticky notes and the rules but I couldn't find out how to be able to post in other places. :roll:

[Plu]

You should be able to post in existing topics, but not create them, unless the forum is bugged. At any rate you can post everywhere once you make 10 posts. So at worst, just start responding to introduction topics of various people or something :P

And welcome aboard. If you're depressed, there's probably a reason for it. "Finding" (or faking) religion probably won't solve that. If it does, most likely the reason for your depression is just loneliness or lack of community, which means you should really start looking for friends. If reality depresses you, stop surrounding yourself with negative people but go out and improve the world. Seeing everyone around you smile is a great way to get rid of depression. And it's easy to just go out and do nice things for people.

[Solitary]

Good advice!  =D>  It's also a good idea to keep busy with something you like to do.  Solitary

[Mai Mariarti]

I am not depressed. On the contrary, since I've accepted that I am an atheist, I've been very happy and content with life. However, at times, I find the world to be occupied (infested really!) with insane people and wonder if it's me who is insane! But then, the next day, I realize that if everyone thought like me, I would be living in true heaven.
No worries though. I do my meditation thingy and recharge and all is well after an hour or so of breathing exercises and deep meditation.
There is definitely a bug somewhere in the code. I can't reply to any posts on any thread. it says, Well, That I can't do anything!