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How to Live Without God |
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This site contains the full text of the essay "How to Live Without God" by C.S. Yanikoski.
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Are
you sure you should be reading this? This
essay is written for two kinds of people: those raised
in a religious tradition that no longer satisfies them,
and those raised without a religious background at all.
The first kind of person often feels loss and
trepidation, and may be hesitant to give up something
that perhaps has been meaningful, or at least comforting
at times, in the past.
The second kind of person may instead experience
a sense of absence, the lack of anything firm on which
to base an attitude and approach to life. How
do you move beyond these doubts to something more
positive? When
people are inclined to convert to
religion, there is a community of like-minded souls
eager to welcome them and to ease the transition.
For those moving the other way, though, or for
those who are non-religious and staying put, there is no
equivalent to that.
Often, you are on your own.
That’s why this essay was written.
You are not on your own, because others have walked this trail ahead of you. If
you are struggling a bit to figure out how you can
achieve a fulfilling life without religion, you will
find here a set of ideas that you can try on for size,
and an overall framework within which you can fill in
your own details.
You won’t get all the answers, but you’ll get
yourself off to a good start. If,
however, you are a religious believer and are
comfortable in your creed, this was not written for you.
Some of your beliefs are not going to be treated
as kindly here as you might like.
I have no wish to annoy you, nor to “convert”
you away from your religious life.
If it works for you, that’s fine with me, and
it is probably best to set this essay down now.
There is no need to create religious doubts where
none exist. But
for the rest of you, read on.
I hope that you will find what follows to be
thought-provoking, useful, and comforting.
You are on a good path.
Let me help show you where it leads…
Chapter
1: Should you
live without God? Chapter
2: Can you be moral without God? Chapter
3: How you can live without God (c) 2006 by C.S. Yanikoski |
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