Being an Atheist has taken me away from any religious hindrance. My life and thoughts aren't clouded by fantastical stories of life and I'm not hindered by an invisible all knowing being that is supposedly my maker and the maker of everything.
I can't and will not ever subscribe to this farce. I am too intellectual to believe that my existence is based off some sort of fairytale. I let my life be ruled by science, reason, and truth. Not blind faith. Not some philosophy based off an all knowing omnipotent being.
To me religion, and the belief in some sort of higher being is just, for lack of a smarter word, retarded. I lose respect for people that believe in a god or gods. Yeah its nice to think that our lives are planned out and that we have a helping hand in life by our "Creator".
However, life as we know it sucks to much to be blessed by the presence of a god. Earth is in shambles and is heading to its inevitable end. Humans destroy everything we see, including ourselves. Some countries life off the destruction they cause to their inhabitants, i.e. Africa as a whole, The Middle East, Bosnia/Serbia, and other countries.
Adultery, Homosexuality, and blasphemy are at an all time high, yet I haven't seen many people stuck by lightning. Unless you want to call the Touchdown Jesus burning down as a Blasphemy kill. As my facebook post said, Either Touchdown Jesus was Blasphemy, Zeus is real, or Atheism just got a new ally, Lightning. I also believe that Las Vegas is a modern Sodom and Gommorah, well I take that back if anything Amsterdam is more of a bad place then Las Vegas and I think that town still exists. Hmmmm what strange thing. Wouldn't you agree?
Alright lets get to the point. To me religion now is just a crutch for weak, dependent people to get through life without some sort of real meaning other than they need to live their life for god. Someone I know actually as a quote that says "You only have 1 life, live it for God."
Why the hell would I life my one life (If we do only have one that is) for Mr. Invisible? Fuck that.
Next, to me religion in the beginning was created for a few different things, which don't really apply anymore.
One- To explain the important questions, How did I get here? Why am I here? Who am I? How should I live my life?
Two- To keep the uneducated masses under control. And to keep certain cultures people alive.
Now the problem I see with this Science has answered so many important questions and has so many explanations and so much evidence now then it ever did about the Earth, and its inhabitants. I know that even science has its holes but at least the rest of it has evidence supporting its claims which religions do not.
I think that the moral standard of the western world has dropped a few bars since the 1950's let alone the moral standards of life back in the first ten years AD. "But Matt, aren't the morals that Americans have based off of religion?"
Yes, I'd say that they are. But however my argument is that good morals don't have to be related to a religion or a god. We as humans just need to understand how life should be lived. The golden rule, Treat people how you would like to be treated, is not just from Christian belief. It exists in pretty much every other modern culture on this planet, I say modern because un-advanced native cultures still exist in the dark places of the world. And by dark I mean devoid of technology.
the real intellectual thing to do hear matt is accept that that there are people in this world who have beliefs, whether it be gods, spirits, or just higher beings. i wont get into what i believe, because i honestly do not know what i believe. yes amsterdamn is still there you tard, its in the netherlands. its full of sex drug and alcohol. anywho. i understand your feelings, however i am not atheist. i just am understanding of other cultures. you cannot just bash how people have lived for centuries. it isnt fair. i applaud your courage to be open and honest but im and saddened buy your close mindedness. try to be accepting and understanding. that would be the intellectual thing to do. because intellectualism is having an understanding about the world around us. that includes people and how they act. think about that.
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