Assalamualykum
(Allah(swt) peace and blessing)
suppose I tell you that there exist a thing which you cannot see, touch, taste, hear or feel, even with the most sensitive and advanced instruments known to man it cannot be detected and if it is standing in front of you , you can walk straight through it , also it can pass through doors and walls actually it can pass through anything.
I suppose the best way to start this blog is with a definition of "Faith" from Webster Dictionary. It reads:
(1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof.
Cutting to the chase: I am an atheist who is tired of religious people feeling like they have some sort of God-given right to rule over my life.
There has been a spate of books come out recently by atheists criticizing the belief in God. These books portray the belief in God as being inherently irrational. This a rather strong statement, especially considering that 85%+ of the people in this country profess a belief in God.
It's been a topic of thought for me for quite some time, although to be honest, there aren't a lot of people who are willing to have a real conversation about it. Most people just expect you to believe as they do, particularly the really religious ones, at least - and this is a completely unfair blanketed statement that I am already regretting - Christians.
I am no fan of religion. I wish there were an outbreak of rationality and it would die. Die not because anybody restricted anybody's right to practice it. But die, because of the realization that it is not needed.
The innocent cracker awaited selection, when a young college age student walked up to the altar. The cracker was selected for this boy. Since the cracker was the embodiment of Christ, he could tell that the boy wanted to educate his friend in the Catholic religion; the Eucharist relaxed and waited. “I get to be part of education!” the Eucharist thought excitedly.
Even if there weren't so many terribly misbehaving children who haven't been taught to shut up for one hour, I wouldn't have been able to hear the preacher's low-volume microphone anyway. He was talking, I could tell that much. But what he was saying was anyone's guess. If there had been a clock on the wall, I could have heard it ticking better than anything that was supposed to be relevant.
In this installment of my ethics questions, I will discuss religion as it affects other people.
