Religion in the Perspective of an Agnostic.

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Atheism is just another belief.
Believing in the existence of god is just as ignorant as believing in only science.
Contemplating both, yet not caring for either is the only sensible thing.
Hence- Agnosticism.

So. You have two things; Logic and belief.
Personally, I side with logic.
Belief, however, can mean multiple things.
But in this case, obviously, we're panning towards faith (belief, ya digg?)

Okay, as an Agnostic, it's only natural for me to side with logic.
I can be very complex, but I stick with what I know.
Humanity is simply not meant to know if there is or is not a god.
And I'm perfectly fine with that.
I'm happy with that.
Because, as an Agnostic, I don't have this fear that if I do something wrong.
And if I don't repent, some invisible man will set me on fire.

Now, let's think about religion.
And let's think about what it has caused since the dawn of it's first appearance.
Don't worry, I'll explain each.

Religion has caused;
-Fear.
-Genocide.
-Betrayal.
-Hypocrisy.
I'm sure there's more.
But, I'm trying to cover the basics.

Explanations;
-Fear: The fear that there is an invisible man is in the clouds and he watches everything you do, and if you do wrong by him and if you do not ask for forgiveness, you will be tortured for all of eternity. The fear that one day, soon and very unexpectedly, the rapture will come and those who followed his laws will be taken from their families and friends to be in heaven, while the sinners are left to die in a war of fire and disaster. That everyone will be judged according to what they believe and what they practice.

-Genocide: Religion has caused countless wars and unnecessary murders. People have killed their own families because they were convinced that they were either evil, possessed, witches, etc., when they were simply just living freely and tied to no god. Hundreds of people, falsely accused of being witches, were burned alive. Religion has caused numerous civilizations to turn against one another and crumble.

-Betrayal: As explained in 'Genocide', people turned on their own families and their own people because of religion. People destroyed lives because of religion. Etc.

-Hypocrisy: Oh, this is a fun one. See, it even states in the bible, that you should NOT push your religion upon others. That you should NOT be overly religious. It says nowhere that being gay is a sin. It says nowhere that anyone should hate someone because of a different religion, race or sexuality. Christianity is so crooked and they've bent so far back that they don't even realize that their spine is split in two.

I'd very much like to know your views on religion.
You know mine.

I am not trying to prove, nor disprove, anyone's belief or disbelief.
Believe what you want.
Just don't make it the center of your universe.
Don't try to make others convert to a religion that no one can prove to be correct or otherwise.

Be happy with what you believe.
Don't make such a big deal.
Yes, it's sufficient for an interesting argument.
But, that doesn't mean shove it down someone's throat.

Try watching 'Zeitgeist' (part one).
You might learn something.

You know, sometimes I wonder why everyone believes that there is some kind of supreme being or whatever, and when I think about it I realize that it's because they want something to believe in, because it helps them get through their lives happily.

But what if there is nothing and the only thing there is well, nothing but a void.

Then what? Where is your god now?

Y'know, I tried believing in god, I tried going to church, but it never ever worked for me because I'm not stupid like everyone out there who believes that if you believe in anything else you go to hell, it's stupid.

If your god is supposed to love EVERYONE then why do christians do nothing but judge and criticize?

Honestly. Why would someone create people and do it a certain way, with a divine plan and whatnot hate his on 'children'? It's stupid.

I'll bet most of the christians that read this don't even know how many commandments there really are.

Ten commandments? That's a load of shit.

There are six hundred and thirteen ORIGINAL commandments.

But the fucking bible has been rewritten so many damn times I bet none of you know that.

Well, you do now, but still, it doesn't matter.

Now, I've got nothing at all against any religion, but I hate it when they dump that shit in my face, I DON'T CARE!

I'm an Agnostic, now, I know a lot of people think that means I don't believe in anything, well, that's not true, Atheists don't believe in anything, Agnostics believe there is something there, but we're not really sure what it is exactly.

Because see, I don't know which religion, if any are true, and neither do you.

But again, believe whatever it is you want, but again, don't throw it in my face.

Don't be like, 'if you're gay you're going to hell' or 'god hates fags' or whatever.

You people are completely oblivious to your hypocrisy.

But like I said. I'm not here to judge nor am I here to alter your beliefs.

By all means, believe in what you want.

Just don't try and change someone else's outlook on religion.

Because that's not very christian, now is it?

I'm not saying all christians are the same, but I am saying most of them are.

Just all I'm saying is give other religions a chance.

Everyone has a right to be who they are.

And not even a petty law can change that.

Homosexuals and everything else are completely normal!

I'm an extreme Agnostic and I LOVE my beliefs.

But you don't see me prancing around being a dick to everyone.

Shit, Buddhism could be the right religion, nobody knows.

We all wanna believe that what we are will get us where we want to go when we die.

And who knows, maybe every religion is correct.

Maybe if you believe when you die you go to heaven, that's where you go.

Maybe if you believe you go through the whole Buddhist process of reincarnation, y'know, maybe you do, nobody knows for sure.

And maybe that's the thrill of the ride.

Discuss.