Okay, so I was doing my English Literature homework and I came upon this as I was searching for images that related to creationism.
I am an atheist as you may have guessed by now and I have to admit, all human beliefs including atheism are ridiculous! Why? Well, let's look at the following...choices that we have:
- A random, gigantic man made all of these balls of rock out of the blue and made miniature, tiny, tiny, tiny creatures on it. But, wait, although humans are his most prominent species, the one he made in his image, he let dinosaurs roam it first, marking their territory. What a traitor! And here we were thinking we were his favorite :(
- There are hundreds of men up there called gods and, oh, this is interesting, also lady gods called goddesses. Even though the earth was pure invention, they seem to possess the same features as animals that dwell on the earth, such as elephant eyes and snakes.
- Or, we have the final belief...there really is no reason. Simple really, a few atoms reacted, exploding and expanding, expanding, and streeeetch, there you have it: the universe. There's not a reason why. It's really, just that. We are completely alone, save for the possible aliens out there.
So you see, I didn't really have much choice when I was faced with the decision of following a belief. Many times I have rethought my choice, thinking, but surely if we're all here and all of this meaning is here, there must be a reason. Sure, there could be a strange, unimaginable entity out there, seeing as the universe is so perfectly built and designed, as though it was constructed by hands or forces. Look at ants. We have gotten many of our architectural ideas from the things that they build. Could this suggest that the universe and all of these atoms and atmospheres work with amazing compatibility? Or, could it tell us there is something out there, making these miracles possible? The raw, fundamental basis of religion such as Christianity is actually quite believable. I just think the author was on cocaine or maybe weed whilst he was writing it. "He made the Universe in Six days and took a nap on the Seventh." No that's not the original passage from Genesis. But that's basically what they are saying to us. Couldn't they have at least made it all believable, let alone readable? Yet, I suppose almost none of the people in England read anything, so the Bible would have been like water to their arid minds. The stories in the Bible are rarely agreeable, rarely cohesive and rarely sensible. Do people really believe that snakes can talk? Do you really believe that we all came from two people - where are the deformed, mutated humans? I'm dismissing cancers and diseases that humans all over the world get because these are the least humans would be experiencing if we all came from one couple.
Another thing that tells me that the Bible is very unreliable is how sexist it is! God is a man. Why? Because that's how it must be; no, it's how humans have it - alarm bells ringing yet? Humans made up all of the Bible. Women have been condemned, resented and discriminated against up until perhaps the previous century - even now, mind you - all because Eve, damn you, Eve!, ate the apple of knowledge. Now it's all her fault, wait, it's all women's fault that the plague of sin roams the earth. That, everyone, is not fair. What about Adam's submission to eat the apple? Isn't it his fault, too?
Really, it is just the teachings, thoughts and stories in the Bible that I disagree with. It makes me deeply demoralized when I hear someone saying that they believe all that.
Now, about that picture above. Atheism makes a lot more sense than Christianity or the other religions spread across the world. The definition that person wrote isn't half true. It's not so black and white, just like religion isn't. Everyone believes different aspects of atheism. Someone might believe in the Big Bang Theory, not that 'nothing happened,' but they don't believe in God creating the universe.
Christianity wouldn't be so bad if the Bible didn't exist. If Christians followed the simple, understandable belief: God made the universe, it make a lot more sense. We don't need to make assumptions of how he made the universe or - now, now, no need to be so cocky - of how we are the prime, chief species on earth.
Oh, and if you're still here, read The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood. That might sum up everything I've said.
Praise be.
