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by ghostrider » Fri May 20, 2016 8:18 am
Our lives have been conditioned to believe in almost everything magical. From santa claus to the tooth fairy, to Leprechauns and fairies. the list is endless.
We are brought up to not only believe in a god but to fear a god whilst also fearing an enemy of the god we fear - the devil.
Mass opinion or indoctrination wins hands down against the few that proclaim to be atheist. Basically a person or the few people that come out as atheist, are basically bullied by being called all kinds of names, such as evil or the devils disciple or ignorant. You name a put down and it's probably been used.
So what gives a god believer the right to say these things?
The answer is simply mass opinion borne from authority, which has placed history books in front of you, plus buildings for people to pray in - with statues depicting what god looks like, all hosted by people in cloth.
Ask any person why they believe in god and most will say "I just do. Someone has to be looking over us after creating us."
Some people will tell you that god has helped them. And some will say he came to them and made them believe in him.
Are they lying?
No they're not. They can be deep enough into something as to take it as a truth.
The trouble is, if people in a small group believe in their own god, they are called a dangerous cult.
If a person talks to their invisible friend in front of others, that person is either classed as a nut case or a dangerous nut case, or in extremes, that person is carted off to a mental hospital/asylum.
If a mass group of people stand inside a building and pray to an invisible god, they are known as intelligent pillars of society.
I can tell you one thing. When I was a kid we were told to keep away from this man who had a limp. This fear of this man spread. All kids used to see him and run. Some would scream, "run, run, here comes mad manners."
The name, manners is made up because I forget the name used and it was something like that.
This man merely went to work and then made his way to the club for a few drinks. that was it. His crime was to chase a few kids from his garden a few times.
So what has that got to do with god?
Basically in those days, kids were ridiculously easy to convince of anything and it could be carried throughout life to offspring and so on.
The issue is, once I go and once others around my age group go; nobody will remember him.
Now we are told that our god sent his son down to be crucified for all of our sins, or something along those lines. He was crucified along with many men who apparently followed him.
Who kept the records of it or was it just word of mouth to this very day?
The problem is, if we argue it, we are set upon - sometimes viciously by people who profess to follow a god and yet do not follow supposed commandments.
We get told that if we don't follow a god then the devil will cast his net and take us to the depths of hell to burn for all eternity.
Basically keep you in fear for the sake of keeping you focused on something to make you be a good person and to follow the masses.
Having said all of that, I can't 100% say that there is no higher being/god/entity or whatever. I can choose to just live my own life and take what comes, as it comes - and to focus on the people that mean anything to me, rather than worrying about having to choose which entity to follow by rules set out in books that dictate the light and the dark side and where to congregate to be a part of this.
I'm a bull or a sheep or a dog or a human being. An ant or a fly or a microbe in sludge. What am I?
I'm a growth as part of a cell that decays and becomes that sludge that aids in the growth of more microbes that mutate and decay.
The purpose of life? To simply spread like a bacteria and die like it after spawning bacteria.
That's all we are in my view. We are only special to us.