The amount of practices and religious freaks i see on a daily basis is remarkable. Growing up i came to realize that many things or those who are worshiped were fake. Mom writing Santa's name on a present under the tree as i stood behind the wall steadily watching. saw a lie right before my eyes. after years of misconception. After knowing that the tooth fairy and now Santa wasn't real, it was hard to know what was true or real and that was at a very young age. As i grew up God became much more closer to Santa and the tooth fairy because there was no evidence that he his truly exist. I am Atheist, and deny the existence of god but understand his presence.
Atheism serves as way for people to wonder into their own independent beliefs rather than follow the typical ones around them. Dan Barker, Author of "Losing Faith in Faith" states, "I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil -- you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself." Dan Barker says that people usually do not follow their own instinct or have a value in their life. because they worship and cram themselves into believing something. from personal experience Ive seen many say the words, "why would god do this to me?. that brings many to question, as i did myself. Rationalizing things and being an Atheist isn't evil.
We might consider to be an adequate concept of God, whether or not we wish to argue for the existence of such a being. Remarks were made by J.N Findlay in his article (‘Can God's Existence be Disproved?’ (Findlay 1949). More and more adequate conceptions of God still portray God as limited in various respects."Now logic, he held, is tautologous and without ontological commitment. So God's necessary existence would have to be something different from logical necessity. The trouble is how to see what this could be." god necessary in many ways. people are in of a leader at many times, even if his physical existence was ever true, he serves as a spoke person tom many. Due to logic, he is limited in various aspects.
You choose whether you believe or don't believe. Atheism as well as others, gives pride to those who give invididual thought. When it comes to caring for the dead, me being an Atheist and all, i dont see the typical funeral practice as my own. Religions like Jewish, Christianity and others are bound top have a funeral service. I rather Flexibility with how i want to be treated seems right to me, since im also not even religous
Resources
http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheist.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/
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