The Close-Minded Atheist

So a coworker recently suggested to me that atheism is simply close-minded. This is due to the idea that we cannot prove there is no god, no matter how far science may progress. Since science has nothing to do with the realm of spirits, we cannot test what we cannot prove. Great point! Man, I totally agree. Gosh, I'm fuckin' relieved. Now, I can believe in Bob(aka god) and continue on in life in blissful harmony that my soul is saved and I am immortal, my sins forgiven. Now, I can do what I want-no holds barred since all I have to ask for is forgiveness. Bam! Heaven, here I come! Wait for it...pause...pause...pause again..NOT! Methinks some might take this literally(ie:VT).

You are going to have to do more than that to convince a skeptic. What? That's your silly argument? Science and History can disprove the bible, quran, jesus, and mohammed. I won't go into the quran. Okay, so the bible puts the age of the earth at about 6-14 thousand years old(Carbon-14 dating and a whole buncha other science stuff would disagree). Some xtians say we don't interpret the bible literally. Pick and choose and I guarantee you can take a penthouse mag and follow it religously. So...if the old testament is only to be taken as a story and not true, then 'Original Sin' never occured? So then why did Jesus die on the cross for us? (For you xtians out there, 'Original Sin' is when Adam and Eve took of the forbidden fruit-didn't think I knew that, huh?) Nevermind why Bob had to become a mortal man and get hung on a cross to suffer for that. Bob must be a real moron, no one else would hang on a cross for their fellow human's stealing a bite of fruit. Research, research-get the facts.

NEway, back to the unoriginal remark. The close-minded atheist. I was a xtian once. Even graduated from a xtian school. I thought that was the only way. Even tried to listen to the preachers and what they said. Then, in the military, I learned physics. Turns out, you have to get the facts to apply physics. So then, what if I got the facts for other things??? I did, of course. And here I am. And life is beautiful. No magic, no supestition, and no forgiveness for my sins except time and acceptance-just the facts. Gotta get it right the first time. Grounds for morality and character? Perhaps another time.

Close-minded? Because I consider every aspect? Make my decisions on the truth and only the truth? No, not close-minded. I simply looked into things. Informed because I have to be. Most atheists started out as religious, they just blossomed cause they used reason.

Open-mindeness is considering all things and then coming to a decision. Atheists apply that to their whole lives.

Good quote for anyone who uses reason:

"Embrace the freedom, if you can stand it, of being completely in charge of your life."

You'd get it if you thought about it.

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"The GOD Delusion" is a wonderfully written masterpiece that everyone, christian or otherwise, should read. All of the research on religions that I and others have done is beautifully put together in this one book. I am convinced that you need no other. If you truly want an openmind about evolution, Islam, Christianity, Atheism, and their associated debates-this is the read for you.

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This is how I live my life along with many other atheists. I enjoy every minute of it. Why ask for more? Life is good.