There is no God.
There is no Thor, no Odin, Loki, Freya or Jormungand.
There is no Brahma, no Kuber, no Yama or Shiva or Ashwini Kumara.
There is no Anguta, no Shakura, no Selu, Sedna or Ocasta.
There is no jaguar god, no elephant god, no coyote god, no bear god, no guinea pig god.
There is no god of the sun, of the moon, of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, any of the asteroids, nor the comets nor of disabled orbiting satellites.
There is no Chenresig, no Maitreya, no Vajrasattva, no Manjushri.
There is no Akongo, no Gua, no Zin or Yo or Mon or So.
What, did you think your particular god was different somehow?
Friday, September 24, 2004
Why is the Atheist Smiling?
Why be sad?
Fact is, there are far more reasons for the atheist to be smilin' than for the superstitious to be smilin'. (Side note: the difference between superstition and religion is that superstition is about their gods while religion is about ours)
The story's over for the religious. All questions are answered, the script is written and the job of the individual human is to deliver his lines and get off the stage. If the religion does allow room for meaningful human action, it's only at the trivial level. Everything important is handled by the gods.
For the atheist, however, life is improv. We human beings are writers, directors and actors all in one, and production crew as well. What could be more exciting than that? Every decision is ours alone; every consequence is ours alone; every victory, every defeat, and we even define what "victory" and "defeat" mean.
*He* doesn't have the whole world in His hands -- *we* do.
Ain't it grand?
Fact is, there are far more reasons for the atheist to be smilin' than for the superstitious to be smilin'. (Side note: the difference between superstition and religion is that superstition is about their gods while religion is about ours)
The story's over for the religious. All questions are answered, the script is written and the job of the individual human is to deliver his lines and get off the stage. If the religion does allow room for meaningful human action, it's only at the trivial level. Everything important is handled by the gods.
For the atheist, however, life is improv. We human beings are writers, directors and actors all in one, and production crew as well. What could be more exciting than that? Every decision is ours alone; every consequence is ours alone; every victory, every defeat, and we even define what "victory" and "defeat" mean.
*He* doesn't have the whole world in His hands -- *we* do.
Ain't it grand?
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