I don't recall any part of it that appealed to me.

Nope. I have always hated attending church, and never had anything in common with churchgoers.

I was never religious but I did think I should take my two children so they would at least have the opportunity to be Believers if they wanted to do so as adults. It's their choice after all. We went to a Baptist Church and I did love the music!

No

Nope, haven't for 45 yesrs

I miss the socialization. The fight for social justice and equality. My former church was extremely progressive; but they were selling the same fairy tales. I sometimes wish there was a, "church" for athiests.

And all the repression that comes with it? All the fear that everything you do is a sin? That god is always watching you? Hell no.

I miss the socialization and support from church, thank Baal I found Unitarian Universalists, it's a great "church" for atheists.

Many people miss the community and support in churches. Unitarian Universalists are mostly atheist or agnostic.

Granted I've been part of this UU community for over two years and consistently help others in need, bringing food, giving rides if I can....

After my big bicycle wreck 6 weeks ago, a fellow UU picked me up from the ER, they delivered food for two days. A UU brought me to surgery, unfortunately the doctor's office didn't tell me they wanted 72 hours of babysitting and the surgery lasted 2 hours longer so my non-UU ride couldn't pick me up. While I was still under anesthesia my UU organized a new ride AND ensured I had three days of coverage complete with meals. Obviously we don't do that with every knucklehead but we try to legitimately help as many as we can.

Some UUs sing hymns and have some church trappings, but I'd be very surprised if any UU preached any specific "faith" other than basic decency towards people, the planet....although some are politically hard left which can be annoying.

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Religion sets up unrealistic expectations about gawd answering prayer and humans being decent people. There are great reasons religious people have more depression. I pity them for believing in fairy tales, but also for the mental health issues that are strongly tied to religion.

Oddly enough, no, altho I'm one of the few people I know (believer or non) who actually enjoyed going to church as a kid. Sometimes I go to the local UU church tho that's mostly for their social activism than religious activity.

Oddly no. I've made some good friends at church and it some cases it a good source of community. but I find those things in other hobbies also, and I get to sleep late on Sunday.

No.

Never participated, so no, I do not miss it.

20 years as a Christian. I don't miss the life, but I do miss many of the people. Honestly I always wondered when preachers would exclaim that heaven was going to be all hymns and worship, and that was by far my least favorite part of church. I would be thinking "an eternity of this is going to get old fast". Now I know that someday I will leave this mortal coil into eternal blissful sleep.

I never had a 'religious life' but church women love to f*** and I miss that.

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I miss the friendships...but then again, once I became an atheist...those 'friends' disappeared, so guess they weren't really friends to begin with.

Overall, no. I don't miss feeling like I was not worthy of love. I don't miss feeling guilty about nearly every part of my life. And I definitely don't miss the programmed self-loathing you must have to be a good Christian.

It was hard changing my beliefs after such zeal for such a long time, but the emotional weight off my shoulders was almost immediate and so liberating.

No.

I miss the camaraderie of the social part, miss the fun holidays , participating with the kids, the holiday seasons full of happiness and hope. I used to wish it were all true , the nice story about having a loving father and guiding spirit. I would love to have one, maybe like the Godfather though who would really right the wrongs of life when they came along to knock me down. I loved the trimmings, the lights and songs, the music and smiles. I still enjoy these but it has nothing to do with religion .

I have never experienced the religious life, not even during my (self-described) "religious" year. all i did that was different that year was go to shul (which was not how my family rolled) and briefly study talmud. i don't think on the grand scale of things i could even at that time be described as religious; i just wanted to learn. what i learned was to question everything (actually, questioning is a legitimate part of judaism; jewish "faith" isn't blind faith, as it appears to be in christianity). so... i don't have a religious life to miss.

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Cant miss what you never had!

No, not one iota!

Yes, I miss the community and I miss the feeling of connection. I really like the idea of the Sunday assembly that was started in England. It fills the void that religion left in my life, when I stopped believing

No. When i think back to the indoctrination, the shaming, the fear mongering, and the lies, I hate my family for allowing it to happen to me.