The Pledge of Allegiance

[Sacred Jellybean]

Like I said, it's beyond our comprehension. I have my reasons for believing though. One such reason... what if it's true? If it's not true, then it doesn't matter if we're atheist, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist... we're all gonna die. However, if it's true, atheists are screwed. The only problem is... which one is true?

I think fear is a silly reason to give into certain beliefs... you shouldn't be scared into believing something, but rather, build your beliefs based on logic. I know you have faith, too, I just wanted to point out that fear is a weak reason to believe in something.

I'd feel a lot more comfortable to believe that god is a supreme dictator that demands love, worship, and forgiveness from us, and imperfect race that he supposedly created. I feel even more uncomfortable swallowing such tripe when it doesn't come from my own conclusions/experiences. Why should I believe in a god that's never spoke to me, that I've never seen, and has such undesirable qualities?

I find it much more practical to disregard supreme justice in my life and live by my own rules. I'm not going to curb my own lust or deviancy, simply because an organized religion told me that god (who created me in the first place... pfft) thinks its bad. I'm not going to thank god for my own accomplishments or curse god for my failures. I find my own independency and the love from family and friends to by fulfilling enough without an supreme, invisible ruler that requires faith and not concrete proof.