Religion is a backward facet of todays civilisation, a cloak over our very ability to think for ourselves and reason. It has no time in my life whatsoever. This is something im very proud of and a fact of life my family is yet to grow accustomed to. I dont care how unpopular it may be, to be an atheist, and i sure as hell dont care if it upsets anyone because i choose to be a freethinker. If it insults you, then you allow it to be so. Im not the master of your emotions nor the one imposing my beliefs unto you. My family is christian, and i respect that. My best friends are of the catholic veriety, and i respect that. Some of my asian friends are buddhist and i respect them all the same. In fact religion had never come between how i respect and relate to people despite me being an atheist. I chose to have no faith, because i cant bring myself in having 'faith' which is a 'blind belief for the sake of believing'. The religion debate, granted one gives religion the respect which it doesnt deserve, a chance for debate is pointless to have. This is because our current civilisation is based upon scientific endevours and achievements. Man has got himself to where he is today, not because of some imaginary god but by constant self improvement. Technology is a man made 'creation' of science, our understanding and the further expansion of our understanding of reality and the laws which reality is based upon. Civilisation is defined by its very knowledge as a society and its level of technology. In other words the world as we know it is, and our collective knowledge is solely based upon lifelong achievements of non-religious freethinkers. Science has yet alot to learn, as we are a slowly emerging civilisation of a semi-intelligent species. But at least scientists and freethinkers can live with the fact that yes there are things we dont know, and we also hope that eventually through scientific progress and technological advancement we'll learn many unknown things of today. Religious folk are too scared to recognise that we just dont have the answers to alot of questions, and its the fear of that, coupled with the fear of death that makes their 'blind belief' so attractive and convenient. If thats you then all the power to you, its your choice, just make sure you never shove your religious nonsensical 'blind beliefs', your faith upon children or anyone else to the matter of fact.Dont blindly and arrogantly judge atheist and agnostic freethinkers, we are the people that got society to the most advanced state its ever been. Its because of the freethinker, the scientist that you have access to medecine and medical procedure when you get sick, when you use machanical transport your riding on the back of a scientific 'creation', everything in your life is thanks to non-religious achievements. Take pride in your species, accept you dont know everything, accept that as a living creature our time will eventually come around and theres nothing else to it, accept the reality and have respect for the people that forever better the world you live in. And dont ridecule or hate me because i lack blind belief in imaginary and unproven beings, the 'faith' you have. I dont ridecule you and i expect the same. Its because of my respect for all people ill leave the topic of religion to this post, as theres no point in arguing whether religion is viable or not. Ive been there, i know how blind one could be, but then i learnt to overcome fear emotion in general and learnt to appreciate my sense of reason. I removed the cloak of blind belief, the 'faith' which had overshadowed my ability of reason and free-thaught some 5 years ago.It wasnt easy, it was emotional, i got alot of dissapproval by the family but i winally woke from my deep sleep. Maybe you will some day, i truly hope so, for your sake!
