Atheism. Only for the strong of character?
January 9, 2011 at 6:17 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2011 at 3:12 pm by GANIMEDE.)
I have been accused by various "Believers" of being primitive and heathanistic, and subject to being a slave to physical instincts, because I do not live in the fear of the wrath of their "God" and refuse to abide by "His" strict rules and rituals.
I can only speak for myself: My life experiences have proven to me over and over again that decent respectable behabior is it own reward. I feel better doing "what is right" without fearing punishment from a vengeful creator.
I am perfectly aware that we humans are suceptable to obsessive and addictive behaviors. Growing up, I became aware of the dangers of excess and was able to make sesible decisions concerning my ultimate behavior. Some of the people I grew up with did not fare so well. I have had friends, as well as family members, who have fallen to various forms of addictive behavior. Some of them went so far down hill that they eventually turned to religion to "set them on the right path" and I am forced to give deferance to these "community based" organizations and I must admit they can benefit the weakest among us. Nevertheless, their transformation in the hands of the religious does nothing to cause me to accept the pricipals of their beliefs.
I may have been lucky, and my heart goes out to the less fortunate,
but I fell quite comfortable being a moral and decent Atheist.
Perhaps Atheism is only for the naturally strong?
I can only speak for myself: My life experiences have proven to me over and over again that decent respectable behabior is it own reward. I feel better doing "what is right" without fearing punishment from a vengeful creator.
I am perfectly aware that we humans are suceptable to obsessive and addictive behaviors. Growing up, I became aware of the dangers of excess and was able to make sesible decisions concerning my ultimate behavior. Some of the people I grew up with did not fare so well. I have had friends, as well as family members, who have fallen to various forms of addictive behavior. Some of them went so far down hill that they eventually turned to religion to "set them on the right path" and I am forced to give deferance to these "community based" organizations and I must admit they can benefit the weakest among us. Nevertheless, their transformation in the hands of the religious does nothing to cause me to accept the pricipals of their beliefs.
I may have been lucky, and my heart goes out to the less fortunate,
but I fell quite comfortable being a moral and decent Atheist.
Perhaps Atheism is only for the naturally strong?
The existance of a "God" is a moral impossibility.
