sorry i didn't proof this have to go to a movie
first things first. i soo want an iphone. they look so pimp. it is just a sleek and sexy as their powerbook, excuse me, mac book pro, and their os.
second thing, a guy at work said something to me right before leaving work that pissed me off. he said, "a man without god, is not a man at all." i found this completely absurd. when people say crap like this it really makes me want to take action. hell i'm even writing in my blog.
it made me want to write or create a list of reasons that could be handed out in a pamphlet for general reasons against god or religion. below is a start on my ideas.
self-accountability: when believing in a deity one is out sourcing their accountability. your actions can justified by this deity or you can "ask" for forgiveness. i have made this a center point of many arguments. as it is a general problem in society and can be applied almost anywhere, namely frivolous lawsuits, general excuses, etc. how self-accountability directly applies to religion is people are less likely to take charge, but are able to hide behind the blanket of prayer and belief their is an outside force guiding our lives. if you give me ten people are willing to make sacrifices to create change, they will probably all achieve the change they want in their life. give me ten people who want to find a better job and have them pray for it, i doubt any of them will obtain their goal. hard work and determinism with tackle any hurdle. one should also acknowledge some things are not meant to be. a specific love of your life may let you down, or you might not get a specific job. but if the effort is there, other lover and other jobs will be out there. i don't think this parameter ended up where i wanted it to end.
i think children and parents are a good examples of self-accountability. often children made choices and others are blamed. say a child brings a gun to school and kills someone. who fault is this? the gun manufactures? video games? or maybe the parent? i would go with the parents. now this is going on a really big tangent. i guess the point is, no one wants to be accountable. to make this short, i think if the parent(s) would have made better decisions with their life, their child wouldn't have one this action as a cry for help. maybe if the parent(s) are not ready to have a child then they should wait for relationship reasons or financial reasons. if you cannot financially afford to raise a child then maybe working 3 jobs and never see the child isn't to good of an idea. this child will probably not get to proper direction needed to live a positive lifestyle.
false hope: right now, this is linking to self-accountability. by believing in god, a person is fooling themselves in to thinking someone is taking care of them. don't get me wrong, this is a very power and probably a get source of encouragement and empowerment.
and i need to think more to create a argument for this.
purpose: people who believe in god have purpose bring into their lives. they get up in the morning to serve their god and carry out his word. i say make life your purpose. go out and do good in your community without the afterlife as a motivating force. being nice to people and doing good for your acceptance into heaven seems incredibly selfish.
answers to questions: this is related to the above question. what is the reason of live? why are we are? who am i? who created me? these are all valid and interesting questions and i would love to know the answers to all of them. but i think some questions are not yet answerable. and people need to be confident in saying, "i don't know." what is wrong with admitting that you do not know something? yes it is very tormenting to not know some of these answers and yes i wish i know them, but it isn't fair to yourself to fill in this gap. these question can not be proven. this is mainly due to faith. people base an idea and way of life on an allegiance on a set of beliefs. it just baffles me to think people can so deeply hate one another based on faith.
justification for religion: peer groups ( to be continued... )