I read some of the posts about the name of god, and i gotta say i'm a little suprised in how religious some of the people on this board. i myself am atheist. i'm not a lil 12 year kid that just listened to his brotha lynch cd and is goin around sayin it. i've given much research and thought into my opinion and i gotta say thats what i came up with. plz i dont want haters in the post talkin shit i just wanted to express my belief. im actually more agnostic, theres many things that just make a lot of sense to me from an atheists point of view. do yall think its hella wrong to be atheist? cuz the way i look at it, most people never had a choice, they believe what they were raised to believe. most were raised to believe in one god. but, what if the idea of religion came as a tactic to control the people long ago. people were so uneducated that a "leader" telling them of a higher being to scare them into his rule would have made alot of sense, i cant get into all of my ideas right now cuz my hands hurt from typing but i'll get back on tomarrow night and drop some of my ideas, its like the whole world just depends on the bible to control their faith. before i turn this post over for discussion let me leave you with this quote:
"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us...I think an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. The whole subject [of God] is beyond the scope of man's intellect."-Charles Darwin
it seems to me that man has attempted to solve the unknown, and while a greater power may exist, the idea of a human solving the mystery of a power great enough to create an entire universe is kind of riduculous in my opinion. i dont mean to attack anyones belief's so plz dont get very defensive, its just my thoughts, i welcome your opinions with an open mind as i know this is a sensitive subject to some, but i do want to hear why some of you think that being an atheist is so horrible. because all of your lives you were taught one thing and it would be an impossible feat to think other wise? brainwashed? maybe??...
"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us...I think an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. The whole subject [of God] is beyond the scope of man's intellect."-Charles Darwin
it seems to me that man has attempted to solve the unknown, and while a greater power may exist, the idea of a human solving the mystery of a power great enough to create an entire universe is kind of riduculous in my opinion. i dont mean to attack anyones belief's so plz dont get very defensive, its just my thoughts, i welcome your opinions with an open mind as i know this is a sensitive subject to some, but i do want to hear why some of you think that being an atheist is so horrible. because all of your lives you were taught one thing and it would be an impossible feat to think other wise? brainwashed? maybe??...