The theory of Atheism
I was brought up in a strict Roman Catholic family, my parents took me to church every Sunday, said prayers before every meal and taught me those good old morals using biblical tales. I never really had to question my faith, everyone around me believed in Catholicism and faith in a god never stopped me from achieving my goals. The only thing that my childhood missed was that 1 to 2 hours on a Sunday morning, but going to church was daily life, a chore like brushing your teeth. As I grew I started to gather my thoughts about Catholicism, firstly I decided that a lot of the teachings I did not agree with. Homosexuals were the first for my faith to question, I knew that the Vatican damned the ‘gays’ to the deepest depths of Dantes hell but I can’t ever remember being told that it was specifically wrong. This opened up a world for my own religion, I could pick and choose what I wanted to get out of my Catholicism 2.0.
To my memory I can’t remember being taught evolution in school. I went to a Roman Catholic primary and secondary school, and although my teaching did not specifically involve evolution, even within my family and friends it was accepted as the truth, Darwin rules the earth and evolution only made god more amazing. This became the same with the age of the earth. The religion that I was following seemed to mold itself, essentially editing it like my own version, to science. The teachings once believed to be true has become more symbolic.
The next stage that bothered me was the other segments of Christianity. I knew people who believed because I wasn’t of their religion I would join the ‘gays’ in the afterlife. But this was the same that the Catholic Church taught. If you had heard the word of christ and not accepted it then you would burn in hell. I had to think why would any decent person want a morally right human to go to hell? This turned my catholic faith sour. My belief in an actual singular religion diminished and I had to bring the fight to another factor of my belief.
My faith soon turned to agnostic. Christianity was well out the window, I was concentrating on the existence of god him/herself. I was scared to let go of such an influencing factor in my life, especially as I would be the first one of my entire family to “not believe”. Many people, I assume, would go their whole lives with this on their minds. Deciding if there is a deity can become relentless and a task that can be viewed as troubling for the mind. I held on to this title of being agnostic for quite some time, my fear was that when I die if there was no god I would be nothing. (I think It’s like trying to remember before you were born)
I have now recently become a believer. BUT a believer in atheism, I believe there is no god. I have to say believe as there is no definite proof that god does not exist. We live in a world of science, nothing can be done or said without proof, if it’s a new drug, a court ruling or a new discovery. We call theories theories because there is no definite proof but there is significant information in which we can make a logical conclusion. This can be reflected with Atheism, there is no definite evidence that god does not exist, yet logic presents itself that god is entirely a human creation. With this I can say with reasonable confidence that there is no god.
I have always said “Religion is humanities cure for mortality”, the human race for as long as they asked the question ‘why?’ the answer became GOD. God created this god made that happen. Why do we have to die? God! But we can regain our consciousness after death by praising this human invention.
Atheism can’t offer an imaginary friend hold your hand and walk by your side through the good times or carry through your worst. It can’t console you when you think allowed in your head to someone thinking they are listening. It can’t teach your child the biblical morals and the wonders of life after death. It can’t offer eternal life. But although I have given up “eternal life” I feel as if the weight of religion has now been lifted my morals are done purely by social means not by church teaching, my good deeds are now pleasant feelings rather than going on St. Peters list to get me into heaven. I can get on with living my life to the full rather than thinking that this was all a test. I think even one should read the bible, as a work of fiction, everyone should know what religion can offer. But what they should have in mind is how it can thwart progression, not within society anymore, but within yourself.
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