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To Kill an Atheist

As Non-Believers... If that is what we are calling ourselves today... If we are brought up in a "believer" household; once we are able to comprehend life's journey and understand the direct impact of our decisions, we go through what seems to be our own death. We go through our own death to enlighten ourselves to the reality of what nature has given us.

For those of us who have been through a tragic loss of a loved one, the healing process of death is a long and at times, a very lonely one. First it is the fear of stepping out in the world alone, seemingly for the first time. We are missing something and try our hardest to find it to make life go on as normal as possible. I think the "fear" stage was the shortest stage for myself. I remember feeling if I did not think about the nonexistence of a god, I wouldn't be punished and my family wouldn't either. For the longest time I thought I was the weird one among my family and friends for not believing. Now it is the opposite. They are the weird ones. I know now that I am the right one through my own hard earned reality. Making my own waves, my own footprints in the mud... Not necessarily needing anyone to tell me how to think, just needing someone to point me in the direction of the information to make up my own mind. The fear of being wrong due to ignorance was what the fear was all along. Once my basic questions were being answered in my personal quest for answers, the fear turned into happiness.

Happiness in being able to realize and somewhat comprehend life's secret. My life's secret is laughing, loving and learning. Doing that as much as possible our one and only shot here on this ball of iron and granite. I think about all the billions that came before me and laid down the track for us to live so expressively, somewhat carefree. Our ancestors had to think about predators and where to find their next meal. All the while, only laughing and loving every once in a while. Our lives are somewhat different. We are more able to laugh and express ourselves more artistically than those that came before us, or in some countries, we are lucky to live on a continent so free of expression. I think Atheists forget that today in England and North America we are free to state out loud our science beliefs. We can speak out loud a theory that we have learned about. We can say, "No gods, No masters" without being an outcast, beaten, discriminated against, and killed. I think we forget the struggles of those who came before us so we can have this freedom as we do today. I think that we forget that people are still being persecuted for having a website such as this one. I know my book collection alone would get me and all of my family killed in just about every country in the Middle East. Today we have would-be Atheists and Atheists who remain quiet and willingly ignorant to the information at their fingertips.

Which brings us to the next step of Atheism, my personal favorite... Anger. Anger is the reason for ALL revolutions. Anger is the reason for the beginning to ALL new ways of thinking. I do not think our adrenal glands are as big as they are for no reason at all. We are a part of the animal kingdom. It is our communication that separates and allows us to become renegades... contrarians. Anger is a gift that is rejected or embraced by us. I myself, I embrace anger. I use it to fuel my passion for learning and making my own path in this world of ours. Anger and intellect will guide me to my own opinions and theories about life through my own experiences. Anger and intellect will give me my own reality through diligence and intestinal fortitude that only I can afford myself. I always try to find a lesson to learn through life's experiences. Recognizing my own personal fact that we never make mistakes, only life lessons. A mistake will kill you, a life lesson always teaches you something no matter how big or small.

Then there is closure. Some Atheists have closure quicker than others. I believe some Atheists never attain closure. Honestly, I hope I never have closure with this issue. I enjoy learning about other's superstitions. I enjoy learning about the ways of our ancestors and why they believed and how that belief supposedly brought humanity to this point. Christians and other religions go through what they call a rebirth. I believe we as Atheists go through our own death. We deal with the death of our "soul" so that we can live, love, laugh and attain true reality and happiness.

“Anger is a gift”

-Zack de la Rocha