I tried God and hope but got nothing but damning silence, a growing sense of futility, despair and further uncertainty and doubt.
By losing my faith, I became much more sure of myself, self doubt hasn’t plagued me in any significant way since I came to fully abandon hope and any notion of a God or something more than the life we have. To me – in hindsight, “What would Jesus do?” promotes self doubt and a culture of sheep.
By abandoning the concept of hope, I no longer despaired in life learning it was best to confront and overcome my fears and/or doubts myself rather than waiting for some savior or a fictitious God to guide me.