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.

I really like Ayn Rand’s philosophy called Objectivism. When it comes to people perceiving this philosophy they either love it or hate it; there is no in-between. The view point is also very atheist. The reason I used the term moral objectivism is because followers of it view it as a moral way to live.

As a philosophy, Objectivism is quite atheist in nature. Ayn Rand viewed the idea of God or a “Higher Power” as a slap in the face to mankind. The view is that looking above yourself for power is basically selling yourself short.

Objectivism isn’t like atheism. Atheists reject the idea of God. Objectivists view that the mind is your higher power and that you shouldn’t be looking above yourself in anyway. They also view that the mind needs to be expressed in this life, right now and not spend your time following some religious rules to hopefully get benefits in the next life.

Objectivists feel that each and every human needs to use the full potential of their mind. They need to live the best life they can and to do as much as they can to live a fulfilling life. The idea of wasting your life, sitting around, following God, is disrespectful to them.

Now to the reason people end up hating her view is because it’s promotes the ideas of individuality. Most people feel they believe in individuality, but they don’t. People naturally clamor to follow what everyone else in society. For example, in her book “Atlas Shrugged” she viewed the heroes as business owners that effectively go on strike against excessive government regulations. People don’t like that views because essentially they don’t believe in individuality as she does.

This is effectively what moral Objectivism represents. It is about the human mind being the highest power and the individuals in society being the heroes.

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.

Check out what happens when you’re into Jesus a little too much.

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