| My name is Will and I'm an atheist. I was not brought up in a religious
household or anti-religious household. My parents never took me to church
and it never seemed like a big deal growing up. Sure, my dad would answer
my questions about who Jesus was and why the Catholics killed all those
Jews and other "heretics" during the inquisition, but I was
never given any religious instruction. I found it out for myself at a
young age that if you want to get something done, you have to do it yourself
and there is no big guy up (or down) there watching out for me. No, I
have not accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and PERSONAL SAVIOR; I think
he was a person who existed but the son of god? Not likely.
Definition: Beliefs- code of ethics and thoughts to live by. That's my problem with religion: it's a big joke like in The Emperor's New Clothes. For those of you who don't know the story, it's about a crooked tailor who pretends to make clothes for the Emperor. Of course he really doesn't do anything at all, but he plays it off by saying that only smart people could see the clothes. This is a story of religion to me. A big lie that everyone believes because they "know" they should. Have you ever noticed that in keeping with the great Christian tradition of making shit up, Christians actually change and forget history. Here are a couple of my favorites. 1. The Catholic Church stood idly by during the killing of the Jews
during WWII. So why am I an atheist? Well, I guess that's really simple. There is no god. -Will |