I noticed this first coming up in regards to purity fundamentalist values. Like, anti-gay, anti-pre-marital sex, anti-abortion, anti-tattoos, anti-trans; anything that would stain or alter the "temple" that is your body. Now that I believe mine or anyone else's flesh actually does belong to them and is the part of this human experience that we can only base reality on, I no longer hold marriage in high regard, I no longer think that pre-birth life is sacred to the point of taking over someone else's life, ESPECIALLY if that person doesn't want to be a parent(seriously, how did that not occur to me before? How stupid is that? "You don't want a baby? Tough. You should be stuck with it. *same breath* Some people are so cruel to their children and shouldn't be parents. Those poor innocent little souls should be with parents who love them and teach them right."). I no longer think sex is this magic worthiness paint but is what you make of it and can be a way for humans to naturally connect and speak to one other and express themselves. etc.
I thought of another one today. Global warming. I used to disbelieve global warming simply for the fact that God made this earth for us and only He would control when it ends. It hit me this morning how that point of view has changed within me now. Because there is no God. We're not super special, we've got no one watching us. ...we're NOT protected. We could legitimately destroy this place. In fact, there is no second coming, there is no plan. The sun could explode, a meteor could hit, or a bomb could go off and all life would be done in a moment and none of it was saved or barred from happening. It's a little bit existentially terrifying but at the same time liberating. I'm responsible. For this moment, this breath, for what I put out there. I'm in charge of the meaning of my life and every second could be my last and that's it. The message, the meaning ends with me.
A reason I am anti-theist: the apocalyptic joyful. Those who think there is a God who will orchestrate the end. So they don't have to take care of the planet and every portents of doom is a celebrated sign that the end they dream of is nearing. They are not in this with the rest of us and that is a destructive ideology to allow. Even Mormons who have scriptures saying that we should be good stewards of the earth and its creatures are waiting for the end and are smug and gratified by each bad thing that goes wrong.
I thought of another one today. Global warming. I used to disbelieve global warming simply for the fact that God made this earth for us and only He would control when it ends. It hit me this morning how that point of view has changed within me now. Because there is no God. We're not super special, we've got no one watching us. ...we're NOT protected. We could legitimately destroy this place. In fact, there is no second coming, there is no plan. The sun could explode, a meteor could hit, or a bomb could go off and all life would be done in a moment and none of it was saved or barred from happening. It's a little bit existentially terrifying but at the same time liberating. I'm responsible. For this moment, this breath, for what I put out there. I'm in charge of the meaning of my life and every second could be my last and that's it. The message, the meaning ends with me.
A reason I am anti-theist: the apocalyptic joyful. Those who think there is a God who will orchestrate the end. So they don't have to take care of the planet and every portents of doom is a celebrated sign that the end they dream of is nearing. They are not in this with the rest of us and that is a destructive ideology to allow. Even Mormons who have scriptures saying that we should be good stewards of the earth and its creatures are waiting for the end and are smug and gratified by each bad thing that goes wrong.
