RE: What is being an Atheist like?
October 9, 2015 at 1:32 am
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2015 at 1:35 am by Reforged.)
1) I'm rational and have looked at maybe not all but most religions. Some more indepth than others. Christianity and Buddhism in-particular.
2) Like most peoples. Boring.
3) Finding a purpose isn't so hard. You just have to pursue something you love. If you can't find anything other than religion to make your purpose then that might be a sign its holding you back.
4) Death to me is a deadline by which I have to have got all my business in order. I don't particularly fear it. The dying part sounds uncomfortable but death itself is... what? Not existing? I didn't exist before I was born. I don't remember anything particularly traumatic about it. Theres alot I wouldn't miss about existing even if I were capable of missing anything at that point. The experience already feels quite samey, I dread to think how bored of it I will be when I'm 70.
5) I'm a better person. I'm more grounded and rational. More thoughtful and better at measuring the consequences of my actions. I'm not afraid of having my thoughts read incase they contradict some obscure holy doctrine. I don't think the bad things that have happened and will happen to me are some kind of punishment.
Sometimes I see where this world is going and despair a little. I know that most of the world thinks its going to a paradise when they die so they don't see the need to conserve the planet for their children or develop some method of finding a new home planet. Why explore the cosmos when heaven waits? I do however find dark humor in the absurdity of a 21st century civilization that still dignifies dark age dogma.
In all likelihood our race will be snuffed out due to a combination of misplaced pride and laziness. I take comfort in that given the size of the universe there will likely be a similar race to ours not quite so up their own arses. Besides, its not my problem. I'm going to die long before it could possibly be a problem for me. I do however intend to get solar panels and a greenhouse to slightly combat the inevitable rise in food and energy prices that I will likely see within my lifetime. I do not intend to have children. If I do it will be through adoption. If theres anything I have to offer the future it is not my genes, they are flawed and recessive. I would just be filling an already overcrowded world with asthmatic, flatfooted melon heads.
If I have any regrets it is that I didn't realize the farce sooner. I may well have become something useful if I had. I still might. I don't know. I'd like to be a doctor or a genetics researcher but thats seeming increasingly unlikely. I'm fairly certain I would have alot to offer to both paths. Money and time are not on my side however. Its fine, if I've missed my shot then I've missed my shot. I'll make my peace with it, I'll make my mark some other way if it comes to it.
Thats the thing about living on a planet filled with billions and billions of people. It means we're not that unique, there is always someone else to take your place. I find that comforting.
2) Like most peoples. Boring.
3) Finding a purpose isn't so hard. You just have to pursue something you love. If you can't find anything other than religion to make your purpose then that might be a sign its holding you back.
4) Death to me is a deadline by which I have to have got all my business in order. I don't particularly fear it. The dying part sounds uncomfortable but death itself is... what? Not existing? I didn't exist before I was born. I don't remember anything particularly traumatic about it. Theres alot I wouldn't miss about existing even if I were capable of missing anything at that point. The experience already feels quite samey, I dread to think how bored of it I will be when I'm 70.
5) I'm a better person. I'm more grounded and rational. More thoughtful and better at measuring the consequences of my actions. I'm not afraid of having my thoughts read incase they contradict some obscure holy doctrine. I don't think the bad things that have happened and will happen to me are some kind of punishment.
Sometimes I see where this world is going and despair a little. I know that most of the world thinks its going to a paradise when they die so they don't see the need to conserve the planet for their children or develop some method of finding a new home planet. Why explore the cosmos when heaven waits? I do however find dark humor in the absurdity of a 21st century civilization that still dignifies dark age dogma.
In all likelihood our race will be snuffed out due to a combination of misplaced pride and laziness. I take comfort in that given the size of the universe there will likely be a similar race to ours not quite so up their own arses. Besides, its not my problem. I'm going to die long before it could possibly be a problem for me. I do however intend to get solar panels and a greenhouse to slightly combat the inevitable rise in food and energy prices that I will likely see within my lifetime. I do not intend to have children. If I do it will be through adoption. If theres anything I have to offer the future it is not my genes, they are flawed and recessive. I would just be filling an already overcrowded world with asthmatic, flatfooted melon heads.
If I have any regrets it is that I didn't realize the farce sooner. I may well have become something useful if I had. I still might. I don't know. I'd like to be a doctor or a genetics researcher but thats seeming increasingly unlikely. I'm fairly certain I would have alot to offer to both paths. Money and time are not on my side however. Its fine, if I've missed my shot then I've missed my shot. I'll make my peace with it, I'll make my mark some other way if it comes to it.
Thats the thing about living on a planet filled with billions and billions of people. It means we're not that unique, there is always someone else to take your place. I find that comforting.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
