Atheism
Wonderful people, a logical perspective — and why no profound truth carries an “ism.”
I’ve come across wonderful people who are atheists. Some I’d say I love. I disagree with their view, but I don’t fault them for having a logical perspective. I poke at the absurdities of the literalists of religion — who believe the word of scripture to be literal history without realizing how the Bible or the Koran was created. Divine inspiration is found in the scriptures, but they are a mix of stories, allegories, and lessons.
“Atheism: the belief that there was nothing, and nothing happened to nothing, and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything — and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself, for no reason whatsoever, into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs. Makes perfect sense.”
Here we are on a map of the universe. Some scientists now concede a “Creator” is possible — I guess that’s a slight change from the dogma of being purely anti-religion.
Also: how can atheism be the truth if it is an “ism”? All isms and ideologies can be suspect. People who really know a profound truth never attach an ism to it, because they know that is how a truth degrades into dogma.
“Acatalepsy (noun) — the impossibility of comprehending the universe.”
Science cannot explain consciousness. Neurons cannot explain love, color, life. We aren’t homogenous beings, nor should we be objectified as such. How can we comprehend the universe?
“Hey bro, do you believe in Mom, or in life after birth? — Uhhh, no! I’m an atheist. How can I believe in a Mom I have never seen?”
As the line in the film Project Hail Mary goes — when the scientist mentioned God, the protagonist asked, “You believe in God?” The answer: “It’s better than the alternative.”
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