Hmm. Dare I touch on this topic? This thing we all hold close to our hearts… What we confide in when we’re scared, what we look to for some kind of reason, the thing that we’ve always been taught to be one of the most important things in a person’s life. Religion.
I myself, am Atheist. I find it hard to be able to imagine a creator, God, creating us. Some of the stories in the Bible are just hard for me to believe as well, like how Jesus was able to come back from the dead. Even as an Atheist though, I find religion to be a wonderful thing, and I am a completely tolerant person, in fact, I love being around the community and the people, I just don’t believe it. It’s hard for me to believe that I can pray or be pious, and get anything I want, or experience endless paradise once I die, which I could never be more thankful for or imagine being admitted to; the expectations seem as if they’re something I could never accomplish. I also feel as if religion is a do or die scenario, either you’re devout or you go to hell or some other equivalent of hell or you’re just average and pray every now and then and still end up in some sort of punishment, depending on the religion. The way religion gives a person that kind of scenario is the very reason why I know I wouldn’t be able to make it into heaven, because I don’t work very hard at things. It could be that I’m not a very imaginative person, or I just lack the same morals that other people seem to have and that I’m just not that great of a person.
I really love the idea of a religion, it gives a person something or somewhere to just empty their thoughts in, basically a being to consolidate with, the being either being God, Allah, or some other supernatural force. The ability to feel as if you’re talking to someone and letting out your feelings by praying or going to a confession really helps to condition a person and contribute to their mental health and keep them from going wankers, because they’re able to let the huge waters of their thoughts, being held in by their self conciousness, out just like lowering a dam for a short period of time. Not only that, it gives a person a chance to talk about and voice their problems, it also gives a person the chance to pray. Prayer is usually to get an object of desire, or to wish someone well, it’s a very extravegant idea. Even though I envy the religiously pious, and devout followers of religion, I still find myself unable to get into the same mix as everyone else.
Anyways, carry on with your days now that you’ve read my BLAWG for today, Thanks for reading!
Good that you put that out there. I’m in the same boat as you. Our family is not very religious and I know that once I’m out of the house I’m pretty much going to be one of those people with only a nominal religion. I’ve yet to feel the full force of it.
Religion still amazes me in its rituals. We do a lot of really strange and arbitrary things (I find) in its practice and I’ve yet to receive really compelling explanation other than it’s just what you do.
Pretty up your blog a bit more, man.
Hmmm…. I’d do some psych analysis-ing of this if I wasn’t so tired.
But I agree with you on this aspect of religion brought up. Maybe some over-imaginative people just got lonely and then…
Butta, pretty well written brawg blawg malog. I like the dam analogy.
>=o
Bryan-
If you keep sending me gay porn I will do to you what they did to Trotsky.
-Josh
Wow. You still seem to amaze me.
But you know, as a Christian, I may not completely understand Atheism, but you do have some points there. We do pray to God to wish someone well, or to get an object.
I’m going to end with this, its not wrong to be Atheist. Just do what you want to do in this lifetime.
This is so deep. Yeah, I call myself a Christain but to be honest with you I often forsake the idea of a creator or someone who can watch over the whole world. I still don’t understand how he’s at all possible so I ignore church and just think that this life is all I’ve got. But thankfully it’s not the religion that defines us and we are all equal people, here on this planet and in this life
Deep thoughts, Bryan.
I am personally Christian, but I’m glad to see that an Atheist can be accepting of religious ideals.
While I don’t personally agree with all of your ideas, I’m glad we can see eye to eye that we can accept one another.
I agree with Josh. It really gets old you know.
Anyways, i can see where you’re coming from, and i’m just glad you’re accepting.
As for the prayer thing: i’m usually just like: “God.. dude, thank you that i am alive. Don’t let my friends be run over by cars.” More or less.
And the unbelievability that god made the universe: wouldn’t that hurt evolution more than religion?
hmmm.. when i read the title “religion” i was expecting to learn about stuff like speaking in tongues and that kind of kewlll~ crap.
But I guess it’s cool seeing this side of you in your BLAWWWWWWWWG!
religion is the monopolization of mans natural spirituality by a priesthood (or similar system)in order to exert control over a populace. at least that’s how it arose.
As an atheist I happen to really dislike religion… but good thoughts you have. :]
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