Religion is a source of false hope. What does "believing in religion" ever give to you, other than false hope?
People are scared of an afterlife, and choose the most common religion that makes a little sense to them. They expect some bearded man in the sky to watch over their families. After generations, it becomes "truth" to them.
However, even the most kind, caring, religious people, like Mother Teresa, were also the ones who spent their whole life THINKING that God exists, and working as hard as hell to satisfy them. And what happened to them? They had nothing on earth, and died. Thats it.
Therefore, some people say that this life is a test. That we need to prove our faith to the big bearded man in the sky.
Supposedly, however, he loves us and is supposed to protect us. With my girlfriend just right this minute leaving me for another man, a pot-head with failing grades, God hasnt been doing his job lately, and he's about to lose me for good.
I mean really, I WAS christian, I prayed, went to church, was a nice kid, worked hard in school (still do) and try to keep my priorities straight.
But what do I get? A painful life.
I have to work for EVERYTHING I want. Including this computer. My parents are constantly fighting. Everyday is just another routine, same damn thing, wake up, work, eat, try to establish a relationship and fail, then go back to bed.
Even with church on sundays, all I do is submit to another person that won't even show himselves to us, wont even TALK to us, WONT EVEN HELP US WHEN WE REALLY NEED IT.
All my life, the story of my life, getting ripped off, receiving false hope, finding happiness only in times when I can take a break from my life, not care about anything, and just f*****g REST.
If this is a test, what kind of morbid being watches over us? What kind of morbid being in the sky creates a flawed human race of what, 3 billion, throws them on the Earth with several differences, different languages, countries, customs, beliefs, etc etc, and of course questions like "Why are we here"....
Its surely a recipe for disaster. I still see methods of suicide as a cowards way out, though. To live through a life is a very tough thing, especially when that man in the sky spends his whole time doing nothing to watch over me at all.
How much is it to ask for decent parents, or a decent girlfriend, or just some freakin reason to be happy....
Atheism is somewhat a source for me to just give the **** up. Nothing about religion has ever made sense. Here I am, almost 18 years old, with the exact same questions that I've always had, and my life is not getting better, not at all.
Honestly, I think the atheists and even agnostics are smart, brave, willing to go beyond what is expected, ask deeper and further questions.
I guess completely ignoring everything about religion would be a little extreme. So I will probably stick with agnostic.
But Im not going to rely on a single book for the answers to life's questions. I've read that book, and I've even been to sunday school. I never got anything out of it.
Why do we have to live in question, by some obscure faith....
I dont even know.....
Thats my conclusion, I dont even know....Im starting not to even care.....
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