Sunday, July 4, 2010

Why Atheism is Better than Religion

Look around you. See those people? THOSE are the people who could help you in an emergency. THOSE are the only people who care about you, comfort you, love you.

You can make their life better, too.

We all have to help each other, because there's nobody else out there to do it. So, unofficially, we have to help one another.

And as much as we would all LIKE to believe it, I'm sorry, there is zero proof (as in totally zero) that there is any other life but this. We get one each.

This is apparently NOT just a dress rehearsal for some "real life" that comes next.

Sorry Buddhists, no reincarnation apparently.

Sorry Muslims, no virgins await you after death.

Sorry Christians, no Heaven (or even Hell) comes next.

So make the most of this opportunity! Seize the day. Be kind. Help each other enjoy our little stints here! And don't hesitate! This is all we have!

And there is no ultimate arbiter for good and evil. Again, WE alone decide what's good and bad. If someone is doing bad, WE have to do something about it. There is no god, no ultimate judge in the sky, and that's ok.

We make the rules, we are the players in this game, and we are the referees.

We can't cop out and put this responsibility on some pretend person.

Isn't reality more beautiful? We MUST help one another...nobody else can do it.

We MUST enjoy this life, because it is the only one we have.

We MUST determine what's good and bad, and who's good and bad.

This takes more responsibility than offloading it to pretend people and deities, but it makes life more urgent.

Like snowflakes melting in the sun, we are unique, we are ultimately on our own, and time is slipping by. Enjoy your life!

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