For the last 4 weeks, I met quite a few interesting Atheists. I’ve always known Atheists, but I have never met the so called “passionate Atheists”. They are so adamant in making you believe that “God is dead”, and if they happen to be born in a Christian family, its the worst Atheist Syndrome you can come across, they go around with the concept “Jesus is our imaginary friend, do we need an imaginary friend?”
There are two kinds of Atheists in this world, the one who does not care about any religion, and the other who cares, yes he cares so much, he has to bring down Christianity that, that deed itself becomes his religion. Now don’t get me wrong here, I don’t have a problem with either, cause believe me when I saw Atheists are one of the most fun and open minded people I’ve met!
Anyway I was telling you about the two types of Atheists, the one who is a “passionate Atheist” and the other “who does not give a fuck!” Oddly enough, two men in my life I’ve had feelings for, are Atheists, one a passionate and the other who couldn’t give a fuck. So I think I can say, I’m a connessiure on this particular topic. The passionate Atheist is one of those “I think the government is wrong because of this, that and this…..”, and the fuck-you Atheist is just the normal, “Damm…I didn’t know she was president…when did that happen ….!?!?”.
I think the one we should be focusing on is the passionate Atheist. Look at me always making the “A” capital, like its a religion so needs to be respected! So getting back to the topic, I’ve spent almost 4 weeks with a passionate Atheist, and there he was, night and day, making fun of any sign of religious practice that involved Christianity. Initially I found it scary(I generally never disrespect any religion). So what I was trying to say was yes I was scared that he disrespected my religion, not knowing it was mine actually, just thought it was my parents. Then I slowly started thinking out of the box, and not about my religion, people influence me easily…I don’t know how and why!??! But I can tell you now, if you were a salesman, you can sell me a microphone for my personal use and I’d feel the need to buy it once you start talking about how important it is to keep at home.
So I have analyzed the not-so-typical passionate Atheist and realized He is too knowledgeable and too well read, and no one can contradict him. I definitely don’t think there should be one point where “Science stops and God starts”, but I do believe beyond a point man gets carried away and cannot discern theories from reality. You could say thats what I’d like to believe, and you can also say I like the very thought of knowing that God exists, the truth is I do. People everyday hope that there is a God, hope that there is life after death, hope that there is a heaven to take us away from the cruelty of this world, I contrary to that, don’t need to hope, I know!
Today is Christmas, and it’s 12:40 AM and I was thinking 5 minutes ago, what does Christmas mean to me, my Pastor asked me that 2 months ago this question and asked me to write it in a piece of paper and give it to him. I never did, cause I was scared it might not mean anything to me, and the whole day at college, people wished me “Merry Christmas”, and I would think, whats the point?
I guess right now I know the point, the point is I’m not an Atheist, I don’t what to be one of those people who live each day, not caring about what happens when they die, or what is happening within them. I like to think I’m a very pragmatic knowledgeable person, but I know now that I’m not, I’m an artist, a poet and a musician, how much more irrational can I get?!?!
If I was a great scholar searching for “the truth”, I’d probably might not find any, but I’m not one, and I know I never have to search, cause many years ago today Jesus was born for me, and I don’t know the Bible well, but I do know he died for me, and because of this I’m a saved person. I don’t think this will make sense to you, but it all makes sense to me now, finally.
A couple of days ago, I was trying to figure out what Christianity meant to me, and I opened my Bible and read this verse,
“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow” Ecclesiastes 1:18
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January 18, 2008 at 7:56 pm
“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow” This is basically “Ignorance is bliss;” just written differently. Yes, most passionate atheist are kind of boorish dicks, but that’s what passion does; it blinds you. Don’t let them discourage you. Keep searching and compiling knowledge on your own. You’ll see that after much objective learning and probing, religion — or God for that matter — become unnecessary ideas that are shed, like an old skin.
January 26, 2008 at 7:28 am
Hey… I read your comment. It reminds me of me a while back. The closer I got to atheism the more terrified I became. It seemed like I was losing a big part of my life, but these days I really don’t know, or can’t remember really what all the fuss was about. I often find myself thinking “hmmm I can’t believe I used to think that was real…” On what you said about purpose, well, I really don’t believe there is purpose… There’s only what you make with the time you spend alive. We only have memories and a body that will fade away with the passing of the years. Knowing this made me more driven and determined to enjoy life as much as possible
Hasta Pronto!
June 9, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I don’t know if i am an atheist , agnostic (with a small “a”s),may be close to more of what you had mentioned the atheist who doesn’t give a fuck. I don’t care….not essentially because i don’t think. The way the world looks at god is convenient belief ;the comfort of playing in the park knowing that momma is watching you from the bench. God as i would like to imagine, would be the momma for every thing (including HIV), God is the one which came up with the concepts time and space, one which decided the gravitational constant and the velocity of light, God has no special interest in me as an organism (or has as much as it does for a virus), God doesn’t get flattered when i call it almighty and perform rituals. I’m playing in the park all by myself.