If you look at the world from a rational point of view, all life dies. Death is part of existence. All death results in the elements of life being broken and reused by other organisms. That is death plan and simple. The place that theists and atheists disagree is if the human life has a soul or spirit that survives and carries on up to another plain of existence or is reincarnated.

To cross this path across plains is quite different for each religion out there. Catholics, Hindus and Muslims have very different views on what happens after you die and how to get to where you want to go. Even Tibetan Buddhists have a book on death that guides you through the process of reincarnation.

The atheist view is the concept that a soul or spirit is a primitive idea with absolutely no basis of fact. The view that religious organizations are using fear on gullible people to get them to believe in these ideals for their own person gain.

If you take a look at Charles Darwin’s work Origin of Species religious groups were very upset with it because it basically spelled out that human beings were not important or more special than any other organism out there. They would agree that every other organism out there that isn’t a homo sapiens doesn’t have a soul, but were not willing to conclude that they themselves didn’t have souls.

I think atheists view death a simply the end of our legacy. Our death brings consumption and rebirth of other organisms to exist in this world. That is all it is.

A lot of people don’t like atheism and I think it doesn’t really have to do with any sort of attacks, it’s just atheists believe something is almost a slap in the face to people. I think a lot of people out there just need to be less sensitive to what other people believe.

Essentially, all people atheists are just trashing the idea of God and it’s offensive to them. But atheism isn’t that. A lot of people would think that’s all it is, but a greater look on life for each person. Usually the disbelief in God isn’t the philosophy, but the conclusion to a philosophy. What I mean by that is most people thing atheist just believe God doesn’t exist. Just that simple. The fact is that atheists usually have a philosophy on life. They look at life a certain way and conclude from that view that there is no God.

I have more respect for a person that has a philosophy on life and concludes there is a God, than a person who believes there is a God and looks for a religion.

The one thing that religion doesn’t grant people is the freedom to think for themselves. If you want to be a “good” Christian, than you need to believe everything about Jesus Christ and all the rules that come along with it. You’re not allowed to think about the world and conclude your own answers. If you try to think for yourself, you are left ostracized and left with a sense of guilt. It doesn’t work that way with atheism, simply because you don’t answer to anyone, but yourself. You believe in your philosophy, not for God, not for society, but for yourself.

Atheism has another great aspect and it is the desire to learn. Religion works on the idea that you need to accept the teachings, atheism is evolved thought process of taking the time to learn. Taking the time to think about it, to question it, to live it and to accept it. I think that, in itself, is a good thing.

For some reason most people think atheists have no view on life, that we just wonder through it with absolutely no purpose. The view is that we believe in evolution, that life is chance, our existence is chance and there is no point.

Well, the truth is that we’re pretty lucky to exist considering all the other things that could of happened. Is there a meaning of life or an underlying purpose for all of us, probably not, but do I have a purpose for myself? Yes! It is to live the best life I can and experience all that I can.

We aren’t special. We are no more important in a sense of life than a dog or cat, but I do believe there is only one chance to live this life. There’s no second chances. There’s no place in the sky or Hell below us. I get one chance to live it up or waste it. I’ll take my chances on living.

Make the most of your life. Live the best life you can. Don’t spend time doing things you hate or try to “kill time”. Do things that fulfill you. Do things that make you happy. Live the best possible life you can, not for God or for other people, but for yourself.

What’s the point of doing it if there isn’t a purpose? I’m sure a lot of people are thinking that. To put it simply, we are in the here and now. We have the ability to enjoy ourselves. We have the power to be happy, to love, to laugh, to be excited. Why not enjoy that?

There is no purpose to life. There is no divine purpose or a purpose from the universe. All we are is here and now and we might as well enjoy it.

I wanted to share with you about the famous atheists out there that never get recognized for what they believe in. They probably don’t feel like expressing it because there maybe a backlash.

Penn Jillette: Penn is an entertainer and magician that is most famous for his place in “Penn & Teller”. He is an outspoken libertarian and an even more outspoken atheist. He also has a Showtime television show that constantly debunks religious ideals for rational thought. This would include debunking creationism to occultish medicine.

Friedrich Nietzsche: Nietzsche was a philosopher and great writer. Many of his writings like Thus Spake Zarathustra associate the ideal that God is dead or doesn’t exist.

Richard Dawkins: Dawkins is probably the most outspoken atheist that takes full assault on religion. He believes that for the longest time religion has been sheltered from criticism and that we need to stop sheltering it. He says that religion is dangerous and that religion is precisely why 9/11 happened.

Ayn Rand: Rand is an atheist like I discussed earlier in this post. She believes that minds we all have are our highest power. We should never look above ourselves for answers when we have a mind to answer it for us.

John Stossel: Stossel is one of the reporters of 20/20 and has brought a lot of great specials to light. One of his greatest reports related to religion was The Power of Belief. The report ended with the following quote from Stossel, “Yes, it will. And the real world’s all we’ve got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means knowing truth from falsehood, knowing the difference between evidence and wishful thinking. Yes, the real world is mysterious and sometimes frightening. But would the supernatural make it better?”

These are some famous atheists that have come out and let everyone know what they think about religion. I think it is courageous of them to speak their mind even though there is still a stigma with atheism.

When it comes to reasons why there needs to be atheists, there doesn’t seem to be many people that take the time to really present a sound view on this. I hope by reading this I can give you enough good reasons why.

Religion has claim that you should do trial and error to find out the greatness of God. It’s one of those things that you could practice for 60 years without receiving anything. You just need to do it and trust in “God”. Rarely does religion ever just present evidence to gain members. They always appeal to the emotional side. They present an idea that it’s something within your reach, but something you’ll never reach. Members are taught to just do as they’re told even though there is no measurable results. Believers are not encouraged to question or even try new things because that is a “sin”. This doesn’t encourage any form of rational thought.

Religion has always had the desire to maintain the status quo. There has been no desire to think or to grow or to evolve. Those things were considered a sin. The Earth is flat. The sun revolves around the Earth. Than the scientists came along. People that didn’t have a problem with religion or God, just people that wanted to learn and understand. Learning and understanding are definitely virtues that need to be celebrated not attacked.

Often religion works hard to stop any form of criticism from the outside. Scientologists get their lawyers out to immediately sue anyone that says anything about their religion that doesn’t reflect it in a good manner. The ideas of free speech seem to be irrelevant ideals that need to be suppressed to protect the all powerful “God”. If free and open discussion isn’t allowed, how are we supposed to learn more.

To conclude, atheist thought brings the ideals of learning more to the table. It isn’t about attacking religion or turning everyone into sinners, it is about learning more about this world and our place in it.

Atheism gets a bad rap these days. In America, the atheist minority is viewed as the most distrusted of any other group, including Muslim. I find it offensive that because I don’t believe in God, I’m some how not trustworthy. I’m not offended at this view, but I’m offended by the fact that people in society think we’re up to no good.

Here is how I view atheism. It is the ever evolving philosophy on life, in general. We aren’t even close to understanding the universe and things are changing everyday. Religious people would call this weakness in our views, but it isn’t. This is the fact that we proclaim logic above folklore.

Religion is ideas thought up thousands of years ago that require obedient belief without questioning. No matter what happens. The Earth is billions of years old. It’s a fact, but people still think it’s 6000 years old. How can you blindly hold onto views no matter what? That’s idiotic. You have to proclaim a desire for higher knowledge, not higher power.

Atheism is the process of critical thinking, it’s the process of wanting to know. Religious people don’t want to know. They don’t want to hear facts. They don’t want to know the truth. They just want to put “faith” into their views.

I’ve declared along time ago that I would never be bullied into believing something and religion is the biggest bully. Believe or goto Hell. Follow or be ostracized. I will not follow. I will not be a sheep. I will be my own higher power because, until it is proven otherwise, I’m all I can really be sure of.

I can hear some people say, “doesn’t that make you agnostic”? No, it doesn’t. I feel agnostic people are cowards and really trying to remain neutral. I suppose came from a philosophical background you’d declare denying God as faith itself, but if you come from the science background, than you declare it doesn’t exist unless there is proof, or at least a reasonable measure of it.

The agnostic view is that God can’t be proven he exists or not. But, the fact is you can’t prove negatives. It’s another philosophical anomaly. Why don’t we believe that God is a Dog with really bad flees? Or could God be Britney Spears rat like creatures living on the dark side of the moon? To agnostics, they’d say that’s fair game. To a science background, it’s illogical.

Giving some sort of pass to someone that obviously made up a story is intellectual suicide. If you think you’re smart, you can’t just accept these stupid ideas as rational. It’s stupid. This is how we get stupid cults and suicide bombers because people are too weak to say to religious leaders and cult leaders that they’re idiots.

The world be a much better place, not without religion, but with people that would stop blindly following idiocy. If they would just declare a desire to understand, which is an ongoing process. Don’t be sensitive to people’s feelings, tell them they’re stupid. If people could just look through the stuff in the Bible and just put two percent of a thought into it, the world would be a better place.