I do not belong to any caste or religion-maybe by birth but not by choice. Does it make me an atheist-perhaps but a nihilist-never. Atheism can never be equated with a lack of morals, rather atheism or agnosticism is the the product of logic and reasoning, the product of a questioning mind- a mind free of dogma and fear, free from the man made chains of sin and the deceptive (and at best romantic) ideas of salvation,heaven and hell-a mind which has learned that the world is not so much in black and white as it is in shades of grey. From here on whenever I speak of atheism I also imply agnosticism and its shoot-offs thereof even including Deism. My wish here is not to disprove the existence of God but rather to strip off and lay naked the ugly entity of so called organized religion or revealed religion, that which masquerades itself as the only way to true salvation and the resultant attainment of heaven while serving only to keep the masses in the dark about the true nature and purpose of life. Organised religion and the resultant caste system is the malignant tumour on society that threatens to spread its cancerous growth until ultimately resulting in the death of its host-civilized society, while at the same time serving the interests of a few people who stand to benefit from it.
For long the atheists have been looked down upon as outcasts and misfits in society with their radical ideas and unquestionable logic that threatened the very foundations of religion and society. But then then he would rather not be part of a society that judges him not on merit or his contributions to the world but on his caste,religion or the colour of his skin. In a world where the morality of revealed faith equals the persecution of innocents, the free thinkers choose their morals based on principles of humanity and common good. Most atheists believe in the innate goodness of human beings and have faith and in the next person's innate morality unless they have been brainwashed by religion and instilled with a false sense of moral superiority which justifies the murder of people of other faiths for their apparent blasphemy and rejection of the 'one true religion' and its God(s).In a world which judges your character by the number of times and the number of temples you visit or the amount of time you spend in a mosque or a church, a person devoid of religion and its prejudices would rather measure it by your dedication to the progress of humanity and your devotion to development of your own faculties of logic and reasoning.
One major challenge that hinders the progress of humanity is a society filled with hypocrisy which refuses to or rather is afraid of taking off its blindfold. It is not the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom but rather the elimination of fear that puts you on the illuminated path. If the world has to progress, society and ultimately all of humanity has to understand that we are here not for the service of any higher being but to be of service to each other and to ultimately ensure the survival of the species and of the environment that supports us.
Religion is the opiate of the masses - the corruption of their minds, the high that they seek in the bliss of ignorance and hallucinations of supernaturalism and magic fuelled by epics and gospels. It is the mad rush to worship god-men and idols that drink milk- the blood spilled in the name of holy land and unfathomable foolishness that justifies Ayodhya and Godhra, Israel and Palestine, 9/11 and Iraq , the "truth” that lies, the undying faith that will be the undoing of the human race.
Isn't it time you stepped out of naïveté and ignorance to that which you know cannot lie to you- your own logic and reasoning? What is it that propels you to debunk cold scientific facts and evidence in favour of Creationism to explain the complexities of nature? Why do you subject yourself to naïve Fideism and willingly fool yourself? Is the high of religion worth it or are you afraid to think?
For long the atheists have been looked down upon as outcasts and misfits in society with their radical ideas and unquestionable logic that threatened the very foundations of religion and society. But then then he would rather not be part of a society that judges him not on merit or his contributions to the world but on his caste,religion or the colour of his skin. In a world where the morality of revealed faith equals the persecution of innocents, the free thinkers choose their morals based on principles of humanity and common good. Most atheists believe in the innate goodness of human beings and have faith and in the next person's innate morality unless they have been brainwashed by religion and instilled with a false sense of moral superiority which justifies the murder of people of other faiths for their apparent blasphemy and rejection of the 'one true religion' and its God(s).In a world which judges your character by the number of times and the number of temples you visit or the amount of time you spend in a mosque or a church, a person devoid of religion and its prejudices would rather measure it by your dedication to the progress of humanity and your devotion to development of your own faculties of logic and reasoning.
One major challenge that hinders the progress of humanity is a society filled with hypocrisy which refuses to or rather is afraid of taking off its blindfold. It is not the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom but rather the elimination of fear that puts you on the illuminated path. If the world has to progress, society and ultimately all of humanity has to understand that we are here not for the service of any higher being but to be of service to each other and to ultimately ensure the survival of the species and of the environment that supports us.
Religion is the opiate of the masses - the corruption of their minds, the high that they seek in the bliss of ignorance and hallucinations of supernaturalism and magic fuelled by epics and gospels. It is the mad rush to worship god-men and idols that drink milk- the blood spilled in the name of holy land and unfathomable foolishness that justifies Ayodhya and Godhra, Israel and Palestine, 9/11 and Iraq , the "truth” that lies, the undying faith that will be the undoing of the human race.
Isn't it time you stepped out of naïveté and ignorance to that which you know cannot lie to you- your own logic and reasoning? What is it that propels you to debunk cold scientific facts and evidence in favour of Creationism to explain the complexities of nature? Why do you subject yourself to naïve Fideism and willingly fool yourself? Is the high of religion worth it or are you afraid to think?
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