You can call him Allah, Jesus, or Jehovah. Billions of people around the world believe he is the omnipotent protector in the sky that will always be there to protect you and make you feel safe. (As long as you follow his rules) I am not one of those people. I don’t believe in the fairytales that were written in religious books. I would describe myself as an Atheist – Agnostic – Buddhist – Transhumanist. I believe the power of god is within us. We are god. We have the power to continue living like primitive apes, or we can chose to evolve into a race / entity that is has more control of the space in which we exist. (The molecules and atoms around us, the chemical reactions within our bodies, Ect.) My definition of god is an entity or life form that has full control of the space in which it exists. We may never be in full control of our reality, but it is something to strive for. Our technology evolved from us using sticks and stones to create fire and sharp blades. In the present we are splitting atoms and flying in space. I don’t think any of us can comprehend some of the things that we could be doing in the future.
Unfortunately, the powers that be (religious leaders, dictators, politicians, and a large percentage of the wealthiest people in the world) do not want the majority of the people in the world to think the way that I do. Religion is a tool that the leaders in our cultural hierarchy have been using to control the way that people think and act for thousands of years. It is also a tool that men use to control women. Sometimes I wonder, what percentage of the politicians and religious leaders actually believe in the crap that comes out of their mouths? Do they really believe in god and the words that they quote from religious books, or are they just using religion to control people and put more money in their pockets? Most of the people at the top of our cultural hierarchy do not want the majority (the poor, the working class, and the uneducated) to be enlightened, because they see it as a threat to their privileges. They want obedient voters, workers and worshipers that they can control and manipulate. Most of the underprivileged people in the world don’t have anything but their belief in god and an afterlife. And Americans can’t understand why so many Muslims are willing to blow themselves up to kill their enemies. If I was a poor uneducated Muslim living in a violent environment I would probably be willing to blow myself up also. All I have to do is strap on a bomb and send a couple of infidels to hell and I don’t have to worry about Americans dropping bombs on my head anymore. I don’t have to worry about hunger, disease, or violence anymore. It seems like a good deal to me.
It would be nice if the underprivileged and uneducated were the only people that are deeply religious, because then there would be fewer politicians trying to force their irrational beliefs on people. There would also be no discussions about things like creationism and intelligent design in the science classes of public schools in the U.S.A. I think intelligent design is a theory that was created by intellectuals that refuse to give up their irrational belief in god because it makes them feel safe.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light: and there was light. ~ The Holy Bible, Genesis, Chapter 1
I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about creation and infinity because it is beyond our comprehension. (How can something be created from nothing? How could god exist before the beginning of existence? Ect.) I would be more inclined to believe in an intelligent design theory if the bible and other religious books were written a little differently. For example, In the beginning god created an infinite number of strings with eleven different dimensions. Then god decided to make the strings vibrate. Over a period of time the vibrating strings evolved into something that humans will one day call subatomic particles. Genesis could then go on to explain the process of the subatomic particles evolving into atoms, molecules, amino acids, RNA, DNA, Ect. I would definitely be religious if the authors of the bible had some knowledge of the scientific theories and facts that we would learn in the future, but there is no scientific information in the bible.
I believe the reign of humanity will soon come to an end if we don’t rid ourselves of our primitive beliefs and evolve into what some people would call god. Our inevitable extinction could come in the form a large asteroid or a nuclear war. Or it could come in the form of chemical and biological weapons. I am sure that you are use to hearing doomsday scenarios from some religious leaders because it was written at the end of the bible, but unlike most of them I believe that the end could come next year or in a hundred years. I have no way of knowing what will happen in the future, but I do know that the human body is very fragile. We take a lot of things for granted. We have an illusion that the environment on this planet will always be suitable for humans. Everything that we have accomplished during our approximately 100,000 years on this planet could easily come to an end.
The universe or god (what ever you want to believe) gave us the ability to accomplish amazing things. We have the ability to use our technology to eliminate most of the misery that we are living with in the present. Unfortunately we are living in a world with two groups of idiots that have a lot of power in our society. In one group we have the Islamic fundamentalist. And in the other group we have the neo conservative Republicans. One group is constantly saying the solution to all of our problems is more weapons and more Jesus, while the other group is saying the solution to all of our problems is more weapons and more Allah. The end result is a lot of misery, death and destruction.
The point that I am trying to make is that religion and the worshiping of gods has to become a thing of the past. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the belief of a creator or higher power, but most of the religions that are practiced in the present have done more harm than good. There is nothing that I could write to prove or disprove the existence of a higher power, but the belief of an omnipotent man in the sky that thinks and acts like a human is ridiculous. We have to stop hoping that god that we can’t see, touch, or hear, will solve all of our problems. We are god. We created him / her / it. The solution to all of our problems is within us.
Unfortunately, the powers that be (religious leaders, dictators, politicians, and a large percentage of the wealthiest people in the world) do not want the majority of the people in the world to think the way that I do. Religion is a tool that the leaders in our cultural hierarchy have been using to control the way that people think and act for thousands of years. It is also a tool that men use to control women. Sometimes I wonder, what percentage of the politicians and religious leaders actually believe in the crap that comes out of their mouths? Do they really believe in god and the words that they quote from religious books, or are they just using religion to control people and put more money in their pockets? Most of the people at the top of our cultural hierarchy do not want the majority (the poor, the working class, and the uneducated) to be enlightened, because they see it as a threat to their privileges. They want obedient voters, workers and worshipers that they can control and manipulate. Most of the underprivileged people in the world don’t have anything but their belief in god and an afterlife. And Americans can’t understand why so many Muslims are willing to blow themselves up to kill their enemies. If I was a poor uneducated Muslim living in a violent environment I would probably be willing to blow myself up also. All I have to do is strap on a bomb and send a couple of infidels to hell and I don’t have to worry about Americans dropping bombs on my head anymore. I don’t have to worry about hunger, disease, or violence anymore. It seems like a good deal to me.
It would be nice if the underprivileged and uneducated were the only people that are deeply religious, because then there would be fewer politicians trying to force their irrational beliefs on people. There would also be no discussions about things like creationism and intelligent design in the science classes of public schools in the U.S.A. I think intelligent design is a theory that was created by intellectuals that refuse to give up their irrational belief in god because it makes them feel safe.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light: and there was light. ~ The Holy Bible, Genesis, Chapter 1
I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about creation and infinity because it is beyond our comprehension. (How can something be created from nothing? How could god exist before the beginning of existence? Ect.) I would be more inclined to believe in an intelligent design theory if the bible and other religious books were written a little differently. For example, In the beginning god created an infinite number of strings with eleven different dimensions. Then god decided to make the strings vibrate. Over a period of time the vibrating strings evolved into something that humans will one day call subatomic particles. Genesis could then go on to explain the process of the subatomic particles evolving into atoms, molecules, amino acids, RNA, DNA, Ect. I would definitely be religious if the authors of the bible had some knowledge of the scientific theories and facts that we would learn in the future, but there is no scientific information in the bible.
I believe the reign of humanity will soon come to an end if we don’t rid ourselves of our primitive beliefs and evolve into what some people would call god. Our inevitable extinction could come in the form a large asteroid or a nuclear war. Or it could come in the form of chemical and biological weapons. I am sure that you are use to hearing doomsday scenarios from some religious leaders because it was written at the end of the bible, but unlike most of them I believe that the end could come next year or in a hundred years. I have no way of knowing what will happen in the future, but I do know that the human body is very fragile. We take a lot of things for granted. We have an illusion that the environment on this planet will always be suitable for humans. Everything that we have accomplished during our approximately 100,000 years on this planet could easily come to an end.
The universe or god (what ever you want to believe) gave us the ability to accomplish amazing things. We have the ability to use our technology to eliminate most of the misery that we are living with in the present. Unfortunately we are living in a world with two groups of idiots that have a lot of power in our society. In one group we have the Islamic fundamentalist. And in the other group we have the neo conservative Republicans. One group is constantly saying the solution to all of our problems is more weapons and more Jesus, while the other group is saying the solution to all of our problems is more weapons and more Allah. The end result is a lot of misery, death and destruction.
The point that I am trying to make is that religion and the worshiping of gods has to become a thing of the past. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the belief of a creator or higher power, but most of the religions that are practiced in the present have done more harm than good. There is nothing that I could write to prove or disprove the existence of a higher power, but the belief of an omnipotent man in the sky that thinks and acts like a human is ridiculous. We have to stop hoping that god that we can’t see, touch, or hear, will solve all of our problems. We are god. We created him / her / it. The solution to all of our problems is within us.
