A while back, in
this blog, I tried to explain why I am atheist. It didn't come out right, I think, as all I could really think to say is "because that's what I believe." What I meant by that is that I am not atheist out of spite for something God has done (or not done) to me - which is what most people seem to assume. That doesn't make sense to me, because anger at God has a precondition of believing in Him.
But the reason I'm going back to this idea is because I feel my beliefs have been misunderstood. I don't know if I can explain it right this time, but I want to give it a shot. I will probably come back to the topic again somewhere down the line and try again.
I said in my past entry on religion that I don't need to believe in a god to see the beauty of a sunset or the brilliant complexity of nature. That sounded like I meant that I see beauty
despite a lack of belief in god. That's not the case. I see beauty
because of a lack of god. I think it's amazing that such beauty can be the effect of chaos and coincidence. I find that much more breathtaking than it being someone's creation. I think it's wonderful that life has no plan - that means that we can take it and do what we want with it. We each have the power to change the world in whatever way we can; our life has not been mapped out for us.
In the area of religion, it is impossible to say who is correct. Those who know are dead and buried, and thus little use to us in terms of answers. Beyond that, it doesn't matter if a person believes in God or not. I don't believe any god would deny access to heaven because you chose the wrong religion - all there is to do is live your life as well as you can and love the people around you with all of your heart. I feel that if you do that, it is irrelevant whether you were following any god's rules or sending that love to him also. Some people would call this viewpoint (that the bottom line is "
we don't know") agnostic. In that sense, I suppose I am. But if I had to give my best guess I would say that there is no god.
Does this make any sense?
Even this is not exactly
why I am atheist. It is more about why I don't think I am worse off because of it. I guess I will be back to this topic later.
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
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I said a lot of words on AIM, but I didn't want to leave this saying "2 views, 0 eprops, 0 comments."