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An Athiests point of View
(MAY OFFEND SOME, DISCRETION ADVISED)
In America and throughout atheism has been looked down upon for many years. In 2005, America only had 2% of atheists and 4% agnostics, while the rest either believed in god or a higher power. As an atheist myself, I don’t disagree with religion what so ever. I come from a catholic family. At 14, I of course know little about the world compared to others. But in my opinion, I believe that religion is a controversial thing. To many, it is a sensitive subject. To me, it is nothing more than talking about the weather. Before I continue, I shall clarify a few things. Some people give atheists a bad name. Okay: I personally do not care how you run your life, nor will I try to conform you to my way of living. This is only my opinion and you may also have yours. It is, of course, a constitutional right (:
In my opinion, I feel religion is an excuse for many to feel comfortable with the afterlife. It gives people an excuse to think on the positive side rather than the negative. There is nothing wrong with that but any religion today, reminds me of the Greeks mythology/ the Aztecs praying towards the sun. Honestly, I don’t believe in any of it, I think it’s ridiculous, actually. And to compare that to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, it makes no sense. It made me feel (Once I was catholic) as if I was an idiot for believing such a thing. I was as stupid as those who believed in a Greek god named Zeus.
What also brought me to atheism was faith in it’s self. It was hard for me to devote my life to something I only hoped exist. There was no scientific evidence that such a powerful man himself, existed. Although scientists do believe there was a Jewish man a named Jesus. He lived in Jerusalem and was believed to be the messiah. Wither that is true or not, that is what faith relies on. To me Jesus is no more real than Santa Claus.
Another point I’d like to make is; Abraham was the prior god to Jesus. Who created Abraham? If the world was not around how did the prior god create it? Doesn’t god need air and oxygen just like us? All of this is basic science, and people still disprove that he could survive anyways. Seriously? We can go on and on disproving how god doesn’t exist and anybody would add on to: Well god can fly! Me: How? It’s impossible Person: He has wings…
This is only my opinion. Please feel free to leave messages and comments. I most certainly will enjoy them. Thank you for reading.
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Ah, the "lost/ confused/ blind" argument returns.
Lost means that you don't know where you are or where you're going. So in those terms, everyone is a bit lost, because we don't truly know everything that is going to happen to us. But we pretty well know where we stand. Just because they don't stand directly with you and your viewpoint does not make them lost. Because honestly, there are lot of atheists who think you are the lost one.
We are wanderers, which is different from being lost. Wanderers usually know where they want to go or have a clear idea of where they are going, they just don't follow the straight path that was originally designed.
Seems like whenever I talk to my religious friends and give smiley faces, they all have the same reaction. They think I'm sneering at them, and they're usually very rude about mentioning it. Either it's because they don't want to believe that we're honestly happy to be loved by people or animals but not a god...
This is not a situation about agreeing or disagreeing about the author's intention. It is very clear she doesn't want to offend anyone (you know, it's the first think she says).
As an athiest, I agree with this exactly. There is scientific proof that evolution did occur (don't even try to deny it). Just by looking at different species and their genes evolution is prooven.
I wasn't raised with any faith. My parents just let me be throughout my childhood and let me figure it all out for myself. I went to church some with my dad but that never really called to me. I found programs on evolution and human history on TV and thought "wow, this makes sense."
I just don't believe in "God." I see God the same as pretty much everyone nowadays sees the Greek gods: as beings created to explain miracles science hadn't figured out yet and to comfort themselves. To me, that's all religion really is. Something created so people could have comfort.
I, personally, feel I don't need a superhuman being to pat me on the back when I do something morally correct or tell me I need to do better when I mess up and do the wrong this. I know many people who do need this comfort. If that's what they need, all the power to them. I won't try to shove my beliefs down their throat like they tried to shove theirs down mine.
I do see the Santa Claus comparison. Some people need to believe in a higher power the same way children need to believe in Santa Claus. It makes normal, easily explainable events seem like miracles.
"It is genetically impossible that a tiny particle in space could have formed all of this- all the planets, all the organs in your body, all the trees, the seasons, the perfect tilt on earth's axis."
A) Evolution is not linked to developing the seasons, and the tilk on the earths axis B) Evolution is a theory of how accidental mutations resulted in a higher probability of a single individual's survival and passing on of their genes to their offspring which would make that offspring more likely to survive. Therefore according to Evolution, Homo sapiens and all other species have been created through accidents C) I now knight you "Sorta Knows What Evolution Is", and you can go on having your own opinion. I just thought I'd clear that bit up.
