RE: Atheism liberated me from pointless thinking,and made my life enjoyable.
October 20, 2014 at 10:47 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2014 at 11:00 am by polar bear.)
(October 15, 2014 at 12:42 pm)Lek Wrote: I agree that there is much beauty in the world and we can all enjoy that, but I think you have your rose-colored glasses on. It's much easier for someone that has freedom and is clothed and fed to see the world as a beautiful place. How about those who are living under oppression, living in the streets, scratching around for their next meal? I'm sure that they don't think that the world is a wonderful place. How about those suffering from chronic conditions and diseases or those rotting in prisons because of their political or religious beliefs? We need to step out of our beautiful worlds and lend a hand a hand to those whose worlds are not pretty, and help feed and clothe them. Maybe we could also help them by handing out the lyrics to John Lennon singing "Imagine" or, better yet, we can tell them about the truth of the gospel and they can have hope for eternity.Holy Shit...did you just say we should pass out the lyrics from "Imagine" ? YES YES YES we agree.
"imagine there's no heaven, its easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky....nothing to kill or die for and no RELIGION too!
Beautiful song, what he is saying is that with out all of the hating religions we would have no war...duh
sorry I got off track...thanks, Lek.
Religion brings fear and uncertainty. When something bad (general term) happens religious people want to know why. Is it their god punishing them? Is it their evil one messing with them? Is it their god teaching them a lesson?
I have been through some pretty tough shit over the past 10 years with religion trying to help me. I spent my whole time worrying why this was happening, trying to figure out what I did wrong or what I need to learn. My pastor even suggested we cast out the demons in my life (didn't do it).
Can bad things and good things just happen? Why do we need to praise god or be fearful of him for every damn thing that occurs in our freakin life. It is what it is, deal with it and move on.
