Everyday it seems my family hates me more and more because I am an atheist, and because the general public won't at least somewhat see my point of view, I hope some of you will.
Alright, now my view has changed considerably over the past few years constantly shifting back and forth, and I think I have finally come to a conclusion that I am an Atheist. But every single time I even try to express a free view, it almost seems that everything is completely blown out of proportion because of what I guess you could call free thinking. My parents literally believe that being an atheist is a crime and shows disrespect to the nation. I have a problem with this, and to be honest it seems that it is almost shamed upon to be a free thinking and not a sheep like everybody else.
American is a nation that was essentially brought upon through Protestant beliefs under the main branch of Christianity, and at this point this is not longer relevant to the extreme it once was. To call ourselves a free nation we had to accept the belief in other religions, and doing so only gratified our more wide spread view of thinking, at least towards other religions who believe in certain deities or other relations. But it seems that although different religions believe in completely different things, it is still ok for them as they do believe in "god" or one diety in the theory of the world being created by one single creator. I guess that it what makes them all accept each other to some degree. But it seems that no matter the free belief in religion, Atheism is frowned upon. Lets be honest here, it seems like being an Atheist is something that is not just frowned upon in any individual group of people, as being an Atheist means different things to different religions.
But does being an Atheist really mean anything different? Atheism requires faith just like any other religion, and because of this I feel that we are not too different even in requirements, despite completely different beliefs. Atheism requires a belief in some kind of different theory aside from a god creating this Earth. We believe in our own principles too, we don't need religion to tell us what is right or what is wrong, do we? That is called morality In a person, and for the most part, it is widely accepted as law without Christian or other religious principles. What is so different aside from our beliefs? We are on Earth for a reason, created by something, evolved or created, and that is why I feel that we as a community as a world should be open to everything. Open to everyone. Why do we have to disagree on a common goal of continuing the succes in humanity? Why do we need to disagree and fight over something that - no matter what - has improved society. I am talking about science here of course, and I feel that it is an extremely important part in continuing society. Humanity needs to expand and grow, now stay stuck to previous principles and not expand valuable assets such as space research and disease. It's almost like we can't work and think as one because of believing in different things.
And finally I would like to touch on how so many decisions are made through religion. Marriage is such a huge example of this. If I was an atheist and you were a Christian, would that prevent us from being together? Does religion - just a theory - really prevent things like this? Would somebody's personal beliefs make the difference between love and hate? What is so different, we are just people, and being together as one society and community is important the the continuation of society. There is no other way, we must work together and being judged no matter what religion, belief or non-belief, is plain out wrong. We aren't a single religion nation anymore, we are everything. America is everything that the rest of the world is. We are people no matter what belief have faith in, as even believing in nothing requires faith. Can't we all work together for a common goal? What is so different? When somebody says that love cannot be intertwined because of their personal belief, does this mean that the rest if the world agrees?
Alright, now my view has changed considerably over the past few years constantly shifting back and forth, and I think I have finally come to a conclusion that I am an Atheist. But every single time I even try to express a free view, it almost seems that everything is completely blown out of proportion because of what I guess you could call free thinking. My parents literally believe that being an atheist is a crime and shows disrespect to the nation. I have a problem with this, and to be honest it seems that it is almost shamed upon to be a free thinking and not a sheep like everybody else.
American is a nation that was essentially brought upon through Protestant beliefs under the main branch of Christianity, and at this point this is not longer relevant to the extreme it once was. To call ourselves a free nation we had to accept the belief in other religions, and doing so only gratified our more wide spread view of thinking, at least towards other religions who believe in certain deities or other relations. But it seems that although different religions believe in completely different things, it is still ok for them as they do believe in "god" or one diety in the theory of the world being created by one single creator. I guess that it what makes them all accept each other to some degree. But it seems that no matter the free belief in religion, Atheism is frowned upon. Lets be honest here, it seems like being an Atheist is something that is not just frowned upon in any individual group of people, as being an Atheist means different things to different religions.
But does being an Atheist really mean anything different? Atheism requires faith just like any other religion, and because of this I feel that we are not too different even in requirements, despite completely different beliefs. Atheism requires a belief in some kind of different theory aside from a god creating this Earth. We believe in our own principles too, we don't need religion to tell us what is right or what is wrong, do we? That is called morality In a person, and for the most part, it is widely accepted as law without Christian or other religious principles. What is so different aside from our beliefs? We are on Earth for a reason, created by something, evolved or created, and that is why I feel that we as a community as a world should be open to everything. Open to everyone. Why do we have to disagree on a common goal of continuing the succes in humanity? Why do we need to disagree and fight over something that - no matter what - has improved society. I am talking about science here of course, and I feel that it is an extremely important part in continuing society. Humanity needs to expand and grow, now stay stuck to previous principles and not expand valuable assets such as space research and disease. It's almost like we can't work and think as one because of believing in different things.
And finally I would like to touch on how so many decisions are made through religion. Marriage is such a huge example of this. If I was an atheist and you were a Christian, would that prevent us from being together? Does religion - just a theory - really prevent things like this? Would somebody's personal beliefs make the difference between love and hate? What is so different, we are just people, and being together as one society and community is important the the continuation of society. There is no other way, we must work together and being judged no matter what religion, belief or non-belief, is plain out wrong. We aren't a single religion nation anymore, we are everything. America is everything that the rest of the world is. We are people no matter what belief have faith in, as even believing in nothing requires faith. Can't we all work together for a common goal? What is so different? When somebody says that love cannot be intertwined because of their personal belief, does this mean that the rest if the world agrees?
