ihavebeenfloated

I got into a bit of a fight with my friend Mike. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice to say I acted like an asshole in retaliation for something he did that was assholic. Neither party was actually hurt in any permanent way by these actions but it was important that a lesson be learned, especially on his end.

His problem, however, is that he is an Atheist. He’s an Atheist like how fat high school girls are goth, I think. You wear all black, maybe put on a little make up, try listening to some Christian Death before you head back to your Marilyn Manson, and by no means are you anywhere near actually being goth, you just walk around telling people you’re goth and make the ignorant think you’re goth.

A huge problem I have with Mike is that when people sneeze he still says, “Bless you.”

So Mike claims he’s Atheist. I don’t think he is. I think he’s just lazy.

These days I think religion is a simple and quick way to inject some morals and insight into your life. Admittedly organized religion can end up causing more harm than good, but a small belief in something sort of like karma and perhaps some moral code of ethics can do nothing but improve the state of your life.

I’m not going to say an Atheist can’t have their own moral code, completely independent of religion. I’m sure many do. But those Atheists who are like that fat girl goth girl you knew in high school who cut herself and then ran around showing everyone, well, I think they’re Atheists because it gives them a “get out of jail free” card when it comes to life dilemmas.

A religious person, like myself, can look at the situation that transpired be me and Mike like this (Mike is the narrator in both cases):

1.) I did this shitty thing to Brad.

2.) Brad did this shitty thing to me.

3.) Perhaps I should do less shitty things from now on, perhaps I am being taught some sort of lesson about how shitty things are bad.

4.) I will continue on this day and do less shitty things to people and reflect on shitty things I have done in the past to other people and perhaps contemplate doing less of those things too.

The religious, or person with any sort of belief in a very weak karmic system will come away from that situation potentially stronger, a better person even.

Now, a fake Atheists (I am going to call them fake from now on, because I don’t want to discredit Atheism by allotting stupid people into their group) will/can look at that situation like this:

1.) I did a shitty thing to Brad.

2.) Brad did a shitty thing to me.

3.) Brad is an asshole.

There is no lesson learned. There is no inference of events. There is just black and white. No guidance is being taught. Nothing is learned. The fake Atheist can just go on from that day disliking a person and not realizing that his actions effect the state of his life.

Mike lives a pretty shitty, empty life. (That’s just a fun little dig to make me feel good, but it is true.)

Admittedly anyone can look at the situation and say, “Well, Brad, you just exacted revenge on him, what the hell does that have to do with anything religious at all?”

And I have to say to you, “Why am I exacting revenge? You can call that a silly, selfish, and immature trait, and I’d agree with you. By no means is holding a grudge a good trait to have. But, I have to wonder if perhaps I wished to act this way because I was meant to, what if I was the instrument of the teacher?”

A pessimist will still say, “Well, you were just satisfying your immature urges, it has nothing to do with a higher power using you to teach Mike something, you self-centered cad.”

And that’s fine. I’m not offended if you don’t believe in the same things I do. Perhaps I am self-centered… but I believe the method is taught through everyone. Everything bad that has happened to me has been put into motion by someone else, or at least involved other people in some way. Was a deity acting through them? Why not? You can’t answer that. The only difference is that I am saying that, perhaps, something was acting through me. I am willing to acknowledge that, most people are not, and I think that might be the dividing line being me being completely normal and completely psychotic.

The point is, I think Atheism, in some cases, can be used as an excuse for dumb & lazy people to get out of feeling any sort of moral obligation to their world. It’s a simple way to look at your life and think it is supposed to be this way, because that’s the only way it could be. The shitty state of your life and your general unhappiness is just the way life is, there is no higher power making it that way to send you a message.

I think that’s a really sad way to live. I would rather have people think I am a kook for believing in what I believe in, than have to be miserable because I reject all concepts and/or religions that could help me be happier just because I cannot touch them with my hands.

I can touch my religion with my mind and that’s more than enough for me.