RE: Why are YOU an Atheist?
January 13, 2013 at 6:58 am
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2013 at 6:59 am by Ari.)
I'm an atheist because I was never raised in a religious upbringing, and have perfectly fine morals. Treat others the way you want to be treated isn't so much a religious belief anymore, what moral guidance can religion give me now that I have not learned and applied to daily life since I was born and grew up in an irreligious environment?
It's the fact religion isn't required as a moral compass now, paired with the fact that fooling myself into believing religious dogma and the "afterlife" would go against rational thinking. Kind of depressing answering all of the questions to life, the universe, society, and morals with "because of X", when we still don't know those answers.
It's the fact religion isn't required as a moral compass now, paired with the fact that fooling myself into believing religious dogma and the "afterlife" would go against rational thinking. Kind of depressing answering all of the questions to life, the universe, society, and morals with "because of X", when we still don't know those answers.
“It is always difficult to make the transition to a modern world.
I moved from the world of faith to the world of reason -
from the world of excision and forced marriage to the world of secual emancipation.
Having made that journey, I know that one of those worlds is simply better than the other.
Not because of its flashy gadgets, but fundamentally, because of its values.
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I moved from the world of faith to the world of reason -
from the world of excision and forced marriage to the world of secual emancipation.
Having made that journey, I know that one of those worlds is simply better than the other.
Not because of its flashy gadgets, but fundamentally, because of its values.
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali
