I am an Atheist.

I am an atheist.

 

I do not believe in a God or any form of creator.

 

I believe in physics and science.

 

I do not believe in the devil as the personification of evil.

 

I believe some people are just evil and others need to have some explanation as to why.

 

I do not believe in any afterlife.

 

I believe that once you die your body will rot away and over time, you will be forgotten.

 

I do not believe in pre-determined destinies, or fate.

 

I believe that the things that happen in our life are in our control.

 

I do not believe in persecuting anyone that believes in god.

 

I believe that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.

 

I do not believe in judging you for dedicating your life to religion.

 

I believe that religion is actually a good thing.

 

I do not believe in bringing anyone down for anything they believe in.

 

I believe in freedom of choice.

 

I am an atheist.

 

And I believe that everyone deserves to be happy no matter what their beliefs are! Never be afraid to stand up for your beliefs, do not let others insult you for whatever you choose to do!

 

Potential is destroyed by those who have none!

Author's Note

Hope you enjoy.

Reviews

[Sarah Ramsbottom]

TRUE TRUE TRUE. And for some reason or other people cant wrap their little heads around the idea of not bing apart of a major religion. I have been an atheist since I was about 13 years old... and all the time its the samething. Most think I believe in the devil, others think I must be lying about not having a god. Good for you!

[A Social Corpse]

Ahh yes, I have received a lot of hate for being an atheist. Christians tell me I am going to hell or that I am one of Satan's demons. Not very nice for such a christian person. But that's religion for you, hypocritical to their dying breath. I know though, that not everyone is like that and I have met some very nice people that are VERY religious. Extremely devout, but they don't push it on me and they still accept me for me. Which is kind of why I wrote this. I am getting tired of Atheists who go around and blast religion every chance they get, it gives the rest of us a bad name. If someone wants to believe in a higher power, let them do so. It is their life and who are you to interject. Now, if they start a discussion like Dunnia did down there, then yes by all means defend your belief.

[Sarah Ramsbottom]

so true!

[dunnia]

i like your honesty....but still dont you ever think or wonder if there might be a bigger authority somewhere? not trying to get you into any religion but to base your whole existence on a theory such as "the big bang" or "Darwin's theory of evolution" theres a reason there just theories.....hmmm but still very nice poem

[A Social Corpse]

In this society, it seems that things that can not be explained rationally are quickly categorized as religious or divine intervention. Someone goes out and kills loads of people, oh he is evil and the devil is using him. No... he is just evil. And lets not even use the word evil. He isn't evil, he is just screwed up, rational thinking escaped him. Maybe he was crazy. But people want that instant answer, they want to know why he did it. Who cares why he did it... he did it. As for the big bang theory and evolution, well yes they are theories. But what is a theory exactly, a theory is an idea that has supporting evidence that is considered factual, but the actual theory or idea is not proven to be fact yet. So, what is religion? It is an idea with supporting evidence that is considered factual, i.e. the bible. But no one can prove that god or heaven and hell exist. Now, I know what most people say at this point and that is, well you just have to have faith. That phrase is the most ignorant phrase I have ever heard in my life. I am not trying to offend you or anyone else that might be reading this, just let me explain what I mean. You have to have faith. Okay, so here is a scenario for you. We are complete strangers that meet in a bar, I come up to you and hand you some powder. I say this powder will give you the power of flight, you don't know what it is, but I tell you, you just have to have faith. Would you do it? How do you know that the bible wasn't made after the fact? Yeah the book of Revelations gives out a lot of prophecies for the end times, a lot of which we are seeing now. But haven't we been seeing these? Is it really hard to write something so vague? We all know war is going to happen and earthquakes and famine. There are no specifics to any of it. They just say, you got to have faith.

[dunnia]

good point and good example and if someone randomly handed me some magic powder dont you think even though i would be a hundred percent sure that the guy was bluffing through his teeth that i would be curious about it, its in our nature to question everything even the impossible...but faith has a lot to do with life and not just religion, but again i respect your beliefs :)

[Mikael Malmberg]

"they're just theories"... yeah. Let me ask you a question. Do you "believe" in gravity? Because evolution has a lot more evidence backing it up than gravity does.

The term 'faith' has nothing to do with life. Faith is an extreme. Faith is one hundred percent religion. Confusing 'faith' with 'belief' is a common mistake, don't worry... all humans hold beliefs. But only religious people 'have faith'.