Atheism

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I must admit up until a few days ago I didn't think much about this.

Briefly stated my own personal belief is there exist an intelligent self aware force that is indifferent to man's follies.


That being said, irregardless of my or someone else's predilection one way or the other it can be argued..

An atheist appreciates life more then a non-atheist--
* Since the belief is you get only one shot and there is no life afterwards it's important to stay out of trouble. A religious person who runs afoul of the law and ends up behind prison bars for the rest of their life envisions a day will come whereupon they will be freed upon death. An atheist, on the other hand would have spent his/hers precious allotted time on this Earth with no hope of freedom before the lights go out forever. Therefore it is less likely atheists are so inclined to put themselves in that position.

* It then follows atheists, believing they've been allotted 70 or 80 years of existence (at best) are less inclined to avoid participating in deadly violence, encourage wars, drive like a maniac or any number of negative things that could end up snuffing out their life.

An atheist lacks religious entanglements--* Ponder for a moment if there were no religious beliefs in the middle east. All of the troubles there would vanish. This warring between nations has been going for tens of thousands of years right up until this present day.

* The same goes for most of the hatred we find between people. Edicts among the various religions call for the punishments and exclusions of gays, women or just about everyone and everything that someone else does that does not conform to a particular faith.

* Religions preach of inclusion and forgiveness, yet that is seldom the case in the real world. We quarrel over attire and what is taught in school. Worldly governments deal with moral and ethical issues on both their own people and the rest of the world meting out justice each seem fit mostly based on their own religion's tenets. There are a whole host of other issues far too numerous to list here. It can be said most of these issues atheists have little to no motivation for getting drawn in.
Am I calling for the abolishment of religion or faith in God?
Not at all. However I would recomend every believer consider the following before getting into a conflict. All the religions believe in some form of a great evil doer. Satan, if you will. Now if I were Satan I could find no greater place to hide then where few would seek to look or dare question. The place I would mask myself in hiding would be within religion.

Satan (if there is such) exploits human weaknesses in a multitude of ways. There's nothing holy about killing in any manner what-so-ever. There's no such thing as a holy war, period! Look deep enough behind the beatings of one another in anger and it is there that you will see this evil spirit. More simply put, where there is conflict, you can bet your bottom dollar, a malevolent spirit is behind it.

Whether someone does or doesn't believe in a omnipresent all powerful being, indifference should be the order of the day. It seems to me those who claim to have religion place little to no actual trust or faith when it comes right down to God handling things. I mean after all, here is the almightily God who created all of the heavens, Earth, all the creatures, each and every human being (good or evil in man's eyes). If he can do all of that I would think it a small matter to strike down any person or a nation, if he was so inclined. Does anyone truly believe a great being such as this would need help? Rather presumptuous of humankind don't you think (to say the least).

I'll wrap this up tying into what I said at the beginning. My belief is whoever/whatever the creator is, this life-force is immune to death, pain or any physical limitations. From that vantage point this entity is unaffected by any of man's foolishness.

This life-force cares little to intervene in man's affairs for one of two reasons. (1) Either mankind will one day join in spirit with him/her/it. All this illusionary death, pain and suffering nonsense is transitory. (2) Or when your gone your gone. God isn't affected nor concerned therefore doesn't give a crap. In either case mankind is acting pretty damned idiotic inflicting needless suffering and death upon one another. Aren't there enough things to die and suffer from already, like disease or natural disasters?

In the nutshell... atheists aren't God's enemy. They can't take away or add to what is or isn't.


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