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People freak when I tell them I'm an atheist. I've since conclude that I am more than an atheist. I am in fact, an agnostic. To be an atheist, I must have believed that there was a higher power. I on the other hand, discredit the fact that there ever was such a thing or that it can ever be proven.
Why assume that because I don't believe in God or God(s), that I must have lost my way and something outside of me has thus made me a non- believer.
I don't believe because in my world where I can attest to things being proven, the existence of God can never and will never be able to be proven. This is a fact and one that many believers just are never willing to accept.
Let's go back into the history of religion, shall we?!!
From wikipedia...
"The origin of religion is uncertain. There are a number of theories regarding the subsequent origins of organized religious practices.
According to anthropologists John Monaghan and Peter Just, "Many of the great world religions appear to have begun as revitalization movements of some sort, as the vision of a charismatic prophet fires the imaginations of people seeking a more comprehensive answer to their problems than they feel is provided by everyday beliefs. Charismatic individuals have emerged at many times and places in the world. It seems that the key to long-term success – and many movements come and go with little long-term effect – has relatively little to do with the prophets, who appear with surprising regularity, but more to do with the development of a group of supporters who are able to institutionalize the movement."[43]"
What this tells us is simple, religion was started on the basis of people wanting something to belong to. Scientists and doctors alike who study the human mind, say religion is the human brain's way of finding purpose in life. We are the only animal that uses the part of the brain that looks for meaning, looks for logic.
We are hard wired to need answers. The cave man who heard a rustle in the bushes, checked out to see what it was, lived longer than the guy who assumed it was just a breeze. The problem is, when we don't find a logical answer, we settle for stupid ones. Ritual is what happens after we run our of rational Religion is a ritual.
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