My “spiritual” Journey Part 2Filed Under: Atheism, Religion

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I remember once when I was around maybe 14 or so, I asked my parents “What are we?” in regards to which sect of Islam…Sunni or Shiite. At the time it seemed like a legitimate question…now with hindsight, I can see the overall ridiculous nature of such a question. Part of my journey away from religion has been due to the whole culture aspect of it. Think of how this really sounds “I support a particular scientific theory on X because I was born in Y”…That is exactly what you are accepting when you are a religious person. The fact that you were born either in a certain area, or to the parents who are from a certain area…is how you view the world! We know from science that, the fact of your birth is itself an improbable occasion. The fact of where it happened is simply a mere random chance, so on what grounds should it be the basis of your view on the cosmos and morality? If such an idea wasn’t so ingrained into society, this would be(as it is) the most absurd notion ever put forth. How can a serious, intelligent, mature adult really accept such a idiotic idea, “I believe what I believe because my parents did.”

As I left off in the last part, the conflict of science and religion is far bigger than one would imagine at first glance. People often say, “well I accept science and evolution, and it makes me an even more firm believer in god”…this often lets me know that my peer has simply not researched science or just hasn’t really thought of the implications of being a believer and accepting science. This is not a “non-overlapping” issue as many people will often argue…the idea that “religion answers “why” questions and science answers “how” questions is absolute nonsense.

I believe what I believe, not because of what some old virgin told me, a delusional bastard child from the 1st century, a genocidal orphan from 3000 years ago…or what some pedophile in the 7th century, preached in their respective times…but because of what the evidence tells me. A proper research into a scientific field like physics or biology would reveal to anyone the quite obvious overlapping that occurs with science and religion, and how science’s answers blow to bit those that religion provides.

To be continued…

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