You placed the last piece in the puzzle. Your mind has been made. There is no God. La Ilaha. Now what? The first time you formally acknowledge your freedom from the clutches of religion, it brings about a wave of liberation. The understanding that you were once beholden to a flawed ideology grants you a sense of clarity and self-determination. But this initial euphoria is often fleeting. Leaving religion and adopting a skeptical mindset is like leaving a comfortable routine for uncharted territory. It's like trading a secure, well-paid job for the rugged challenge of an unfamiliar one. Your brain, accustomed to pre-digested answers, now faces the arduous task of muscling through complex questions with reason and logic. It's an uphill battle, and you might yearn for the simplicity of your former beliefs. This yearning can manifest in various ways. You might grasp at temporary band-aids like new spiritualities, agnosticism, alternative healing practices, or "god-forbid...
Divorce cases piling up in family courts are at an all-time high. We all know someone in our family who is divorced. Our natural negative-bias makes us think that the institution of marriage is failing. However we conveniently ignore the millions who are still (happily) married. Therefore it is fair to state that it is not the institution but our lack of adaptability to changes that is causing the issues. Times have changed; people have more physical/emotional needs that has to be met in order for the marriage to succeed. Marriage has transcended the traditional obligations of bringing food to the table, household chores, child rearing, etc. Urban lifestyle fails to meet lot of human emotional needs which manifests itself into insecurities at later stage in life. This, in addition to the continuous exposure to ‘happily ever after’ idea of love everywhere (TV, billboard, newspaper, magazine) has led to the current marriage crisis. When we point out an issue with an age old tra...