I'm sick and tired of this.. please be advised: the following is a rant!
October 13, 2010 at 6:22 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2010 at 7:09 pm by Lizzle.)
All right, I'm in a bad mood. It seems like every website I am a member of has people that just assume that everyone believes in god (and no, I won't capitalize 'god' - that is just ridiculous!).
Today I was reading a thread from someone on a forum I frequently visit, and it said, in a nutshell, that the culling of mice is bad because 'only god decides when someone dies.'
I almost exploded. A god does NOT decide - when something dies, it dies from a medical/biological etiology. No one can tell me that's incorrect. That's how it is.
I am sick and tired of people who assume that everyone believes in 'morality' (because there is 'only one way of looking at morality'.. hah! ...that was sarcasm). Just the other day I was watching one of the Law and Order shows (my favorite is SVU, but this was a different one) and I literally had to shut off the TV because the end of the show came down to stuff based on 'god' versus the legal system. I was just so perturbed by this.. I mean, seriously? Can we please use our logic here?
Look, I don't have a problem if someone believes in god, but if it's 'assumed' that I believe in one or I'm asked about my 'religion,' I'm going to tell the truth. I'm an atheist and I have been for years. The world is/has been made of science. Sure, I believe Jesus and stuff existed, or something, but I do always say to keep in mind that a number of drugs were big back then. In addition, Jesus likely had schizophrenia characterized by grandiose delusions ('I am the son of god!'). I'm not trying to be condoning, I believe this is a likely possibility.
That felt so good to get out of my system. Thank you for reading!
Today I was reading a thread from someone on a forum I frequently visit, and it said, in a nutshell, that the culling of mice is bad because 'only god decides when someone dies.'
I almost exploded. A god does NOT decide - when something dies, it dies from a medical/biological etiology. No one can tell me that's incorrect. That's how it is.
I am sick and tired of people who assume that everyone believes in 'morality' (because there is 'only one way of looking at morality'.. hah! ...that was sarcasm). Just the other day I was watching one of the Law and Order shows (my favorite is SVU, but this was a different one) and I literally had to shut off the TV because the end of the show came down to stuff based on 'god' versus the legal system. I was just so perturbed by this.. I mean, seriously? Can we please use our logic here?
Look, I don't have a problem if someone believes in god, but if it's 'assumed' that I believe in one or I'm asked about my 'religion,' I'm going to tell the truth. I'm an atheist and I have been for years. The world is/has been made of science. Sure, I believe Jesus and stuff existed, or something, but I do always say to keep in mind that a number of drugs were big back then. In addition, Jesus likely had schizophrenia characterized by grandiose delusions ('I am the son of god!'). I'm not trying to be condoning, I believe this is a likely possibility.
That felt so good to get out of my system. Thank you for reading!
Show me your proof/back up your claims and then I will consider your argument. That's only fair.
