I'm a happy atheist too :P

[trexshinigami]

Hi!  I am a grad student from New York and I was studying late last night when I happened upon this forum.  Im so happy to find great people like me!  I feel very isolated sometimes so Im happy there is a spot online where I don't have to feel that way.  

I was agnostic for a long time but in the past 2 years or so I've become emphatically atheist and it feels amazing.  I have never felt better actually

Likes: Video games, learning, programming java and now im learning ruby (altho its just a hobby), anime, dinosaurs, fringe the tv show, and science.  LOL im 28 yrs old..

Dislikes: Christian music and anyone who is even remotely against gay rights or abortion

Thanks for being here!

ox

[Tank]

Thank you for being here too  

[AnimatedDirt]

Hi!
Dislikes: Christian music and anyone who is even remotely against gay rights or abortion

Hi.  I like Christian music and side for gay rights and am pro choice.

Welcome...although I'm a noob here too.  

[The Magic Pudding]

Welcome and congratulations, here's your free complimentary wombat.

[wildfire_emissary]

Howdy! I like the wombat the Pudding gave you.

[trexshinigami]

Love the wombat. Love it.

[Cycel]

I was agnostic for a long time but in the past 2 years or so I've become emphatically atheist and it feels amazing.  I have never felt better actually

Hi trexshinigami,
Recently I read Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists, and Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America -- and Found Unexpected Peace.  Both authors, Barker and Lobdell, echo your sentiment and declared feeling more at peace and happier after becoming atheists.  I wonder how common this experience is?  I also wonder if those moving in the opposite direction have similar feelings?

Welcome.

[trexshinigami]

Thanks for the book recs!  Im gonna check them out when im on break from school.