Monday, December 04, 2006 . 12/04/2006

A few nights ago I was having yet another discussion with my dad on religion. It started off with me asking what he thought about a book called The God Delusion, and if I got it if he'd take the time to read it. He said that he heard all the reasons why religion doesn't make sense before. He wasn't like this about a month ago; he would have come up with ridiculous answers to my questions. He was more reasonable this time. This makes me wonder if he actually was listening to what I was saying, looked it up, and learned something new. I don't think he wants to admit he's wrong to some mere 16-year-old, so he pretends he knew these things all along, when before, he didn't even know who Zues was, and thought ancient mythology was just that, mythology; that the gods in there were never actually believed in. Now he agrees with me that they were.

He's still holding on to his petty faith, but I can tell he has been questioning it. The fact of the matter is this: sooner or later, Christianity will be a religion of the past, and it, like past religions and beliefs, will be put into the realm of mythology. I didn't start to realise this until only a few days ago. Why isn't the belief in Ra, Zues, or any of those other ancient gods still around? Because people realised they were foolish. That's how it has always been, and there's no reason to doubt that Christianity, Islam, and others will fall eventually aswell. Christianity has only been around about 2,000 years. Ancient Egyptian beliefs stood ground for about 4,000 if I remember correctly. But it passed, just like the ancient Greek gods did.

So, with this knowledge, why would anyone STILL choose to believe in their religion? Because they are scared. Religion to some, if not all people, is comforting. To know that death is not the end, and that some awesome all-powerful, all-knowing being will meet us in the end is all the more comforting. It's easier to just believe than to ponder on why it makes no sense. To be honest, not believing in a god has made me so much more happier, and has made me respect life so much more. A Christian, on the other hand, could just spend all his life in church and not give a flying shit about other people or things, since he "knows" he'll be going to a better place after he dies anyway.

I often wish that life and reality was better than it already is, myself. Whenever I watch Harry Potter I find myself really wishing that such a place with magic really existed, but it doesn't, except in our imaginations.

My parents say that my love for arguing will probably fade, that it's just a "teenager thing". My dad said that there comes a time when children grow up, and all the sudden parents are viewed as stupid. First of all, I wouldn't call this arguing, but intelligent discussion. Arguing gets you nowhere. Second, perhaps the reason why some teenagers see their parents as being stupid is because of their reasoning, and perhaps their faith. Parents tend to push onto their kids things such as religion. There comes a time when some, like me, realise how foolish this is. I personally don't think my parents are stupid, just ignorant in some ways.

How did I come to realising that religion is bull at such a young age? I can't remember exactly how it went, but I remember I looked into Satanism and Luciferianism. Somehow I came up with the assumption that Satanism isn't really evil, it's just the Christians and the ignorant that view it that way. I came up with this assumption by having read books with good vs evil plots, and realising that the evil side wasn't really all that evil.

My assumption on Satanism was true. Most Satanists just see Satan as an idea, not an actual entity to pray to. They don't do sacrifices, mysterious rituals, or any of that. They worship themselves, in a way, and view Christianity as ridiculous. Luciferianism is like this aswell, only they claim to search for knowledge and the truth, something that I do now. Within the sites I visited were articles on how Christianity makes no sense. They were more or less like atheists.. only not really, since they do believe in some entity in one way or the other, be it an idea or otherwise. This is just as silly as believing in God, so I eventually came to believing no religion. And I'm proud of it.

Another thing that got me into resenting Christianity is because I WAS a Christian. I had my doubts, but I didn't think about them for fear of going to hell. When I was little, around 2-5 years of age, I would pray to God for things and for forgiveness. Prayer didn't work, yet I still believed. I'm glad that's over now. I was brainwashed, but I broke free, to become a free-thinker.

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I've been browsing Ebaum's forums again, and happened across a couple threads that struck me as interesting. Here, on both of those threads, we have people giving the sad and clueless question, "Why is it only the cute and fuzzy animals that worries people? Why not ants? Why not get fined for stepping on an ant?" Allow me to answer this. It's because mammals, which are normally viewed as cute and fuzzy, have more human attributes than a lizard or insect, so naturally we humans will feel more sympathy for them. As for getting fined for stepping on an ant.. it's nearly impossible to NOT step on one.

Now some may ask that why, when an animal is killed, that people often feel more saddened by that than when a person dies. The answer is simple: Like human infants, animals are innocent. They do nothing but rely on their instincts, whereas a human has the capability to think about what he is doing and why. It also has to do with the way the animal in question was killed. To simply shoot an animal doesn't give it a chance at fighting back, not at all. The same argument could be made for deer, but without hunters, deer would be overpopulated, and no one wants a pest in their lawns or gardens, stealing food. Yes, the deer were here first and we're pushing them back, but that's how life is. We can't just abandon or houses and live in the wild because "the animals were here first". Such a thing would be absurd. 0 Comments - Post/view comments