Exactly ADCMS!! I am an Atheist. While I was a Witness I was very depressed, low on funds, lost my house, my wife and so on.
Now that I am an Atheist. I have a house, a beautiful wife, much better pay and Im starting Nursing School. The question is, Who do I thank?
Instead of thanking a fictional being I thank myself, it took a lot of work and sacrifice to get the things I got!! I thank my wife and my friends who have have stood by my side and helped me along the way.
That doesnt mean my life is not without sadness and problems. I wouldnt be human without these things. Learning to deal with the bad things without "leaving it in God's hands" make you so much stronger in the long run. You analyze negative outcomes and situations so much more and, more often than not, I figure out why that outcome came to be. Sometimes, however, you realize there was really nothing that you could've done since it was coincidence or things that happen in life, i.e. death.
