Recently I have noticed an incredible new support for a religion that I never really noticed had such fanatic supporters in the past, the irony of this new faith is that it isn’t a religion at all it’s atheism, or as I like to call it the belief in total coincidence.
Now I myself was born and raised a Catholic, and to this day I still openly admit a belief in a higher power. Recently when I have told people this I get what I like the call “the Atheist interrogation” which usually consists of the following “WHAT!” “WHY!” “HOW CAN YOU BE SO STUPID!” and “YOU DO REALISE HOW RIDICULOUSE THAT IS!?” This vicious, verbal assault of questions and insults is usually continued by a series of difficult questions on my faith, why I need it, what good it does and if it does any good why I need a religion to use that good. Now I may be a Catholic and a believer in God and yes I do know a little bit about the history of the religion and could probably do good on the trivial side of it, but I’m not cut out to answer complex questions on a subject that I have more important things to worry about then study deep into, It’s almost like approaching every black person you meet and expecting them to give reasons to why crime and poverty is so big in the black community. I don’t have typical Catholic views on homosexuality, but then again can you honestly tell me that there are no homophobic atheists, and I do believe in Evolution, however I see it as a miracle and not a genius theory, I do however think abortion is just code for murder and there was a bloke called Jesus and what he did actually happened.
Another thing I have started to notice is the amount of people I have noticed starting to read the Atheist Bible or “The God Delusion” which is written by the Atheist version of Jesus, Richard Dawkins. I haven’t read the book, I don’t know anything about Richard Dawkins, I have been peer pressured into reading the book by my militant friends but I never will, mainly because I have no interest in what he has to say, even if he did raise some full proof points as to why I should abandon my own, and my families beliefs and joins his own religion of the belief of no belief. It’s almost like an Arsenal fan taking me to one side and trying to deprogram me from becoming a Chelsea fan by forcing me to read a book on their history and points as to why there better then Chelsea. The fact that they have more silverware, a bigger support, better quality of youth players and long history of legendary strikers and victories doesn’t interest me in the slightest, I was born and raised a Chelsea fan and I will die with them too, just like I will with Catholicism.
What does annoy me about these militants is the irony behind some of their reasons to not believe. Some say its because of the way other religious people have shoved their beliefs down their throat, they tend to say this to me whilst giving me the interrogation and quoting their favourite Einstein passage. Other common arguments include the fact that without religion there would be no war… Now I don’t know if its just me but I cant think of a war with British involvement from the past 100 years that had anything to do with religion, from what I can gather both trips to Iraq have been about restoring Democracy and stealing Oil (Greed and Pride, one thing religion speaks out against) the Falkland conflict again was about taking back land and of course both World War’s which I think had very little to do with religion at all. Now there may be some religious connotations I haven’t quite caught on to but that’s what I can gather from where I’m standing.
Now as much as I respect peoples rights to believe whatever they like and I can understand why some people would choose not to believe for some good reasons, it’s the fact that Atheism itself has become a religion in the sense that these people actually take it upon themselves to go to any lengths to convince themselves there is no God. Surely not believing should be as easy as admitting it and not having to read a book about it or shouting at everyone who did believe in a higher power. I know there are people out there who just don’t believe, I know because some of my dearest friends are like that. They don’t necessarily believe in God and they don’t want to label themselves an Atheist, they just are indifferent to both causes, which is how I feel Atheism should be, a more carefree attitude towards life, knowing that no matter what you do you won’t be judged for it when you die and taking comfort in the new discoveries of science, not creating a new faith of non belief to try and convert everyone who doesn’t share what you think. The reason I don’t follow it is because I take comfort in thinking that all the beauty, and complex nature of the earth and the universe is so perfect that not one person could possible understand every element of it. The very fact that this is a reality is my very own reason for a belief in God. Not that everything we see and everything we do and everything that has happened is all because of a massive coincidence and that we are all living a massive lie. Fair do’s you may not feel the same way but don’t be such a dick about it.
