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So, I was talking to my friend the other day about religion, because he's decided to go buy a bible to study its teaching. I am an atheist of five years soof course I started telling him some of my opinions on matters regarding religion. After all that, he informed that even if everything I was saying was true,at the end of the day people need something believe in. That got me thinking, about what I believe in if I don't believe in a higher power. I realized thatall these years of disbelief in god caused a greater belief in my abilities and the abilities of my fellow man. I really started evaluating many of the actionsI've taken since leaving the world of religion, and I believe my life has gotten much better since then.
After eliminating church doctrine from my everyday life, I've come to realize that I am capable of doing anything, because I put all my faith in myself,and so any achievements I make are based solely of steps and actions that I've taken, same goes for my failures. See the church tells us that no one canbe perfect, because only Jesus was, and it's become almost taboo to utter that word when talking about your fellow man. But me, I find it detrimental tothe greater good of man to not chase perfection. Perfection in ourselves, our lives, and anything we wish to attain. Do we as people believe we can'tachieve perfection and greatness because we really can't or because the church and society has told us for so long that there is no way that we can everbe? Personally, I don't buy that anymore. And I think man will be altogether better once we shed our belief and faith in an absolute higher, and put ourbelief in faith in ourselves and try to attain absolute greatness.
That is all. Thoughts? Criticisms?
After eliminating church doctrine from my everyday life, I've come to realize that I am capable of doing anything, because I put all my faith in myself,and so any achievements I make are based solely of steps and actions that I've taken, same goes for my failures. See the church tells us that no one canbe perfect, because only Jesus was, and it's become almost taboo to utter that word when talking about your fellow man. But me, I find it detrimental tothe greater good of man to not chase perfection. Perfection in ourselves, our lives, and anything we wish to attain. Do we as people believe we can'tachieve perfection and greatness because we really can't or because the church and society has told us for so long that there is no way that we can everbe? Personally, I don't buy that anymore. And I think man will be altogether better once we shed our belief and faith in an absolute higher, and put ourbelief in faith in ourselves and try to attain absolute greatness.
That is all. Thoughts? Criticisms?