Reply To: Dealing with Grief After Forsaking Religion

[Michelle Varni]

I think that I’m just still working through the whole idea that there is no Heaven, and there’s no Hell, but particularly, no Heaven. That was always what I was told growing up—that they were in a better place, that God was taking care of them, and there were angels keeping them company—, and I felt better because of those reassurances.

You’re not the only one who feels that way. I feel that way too, in different ways when it comes to different situations.

I’ve been coming out of my shell just over the past few months, and I went from being of an agnostic mindset, to a atheist mindset, a while after that. I’m not really “out” to too many people, due to nearly everyone I know being in some kind of faith system.