My experience in life has led me to become a humanist. My humanism isn’t a declaration of atheism so much as it is more a declaration of believing in humanity’s goodness, power, it’s reality, the potential for healing and ability to grow. This humanistic power is natural and within all of us. My experience is seen through the fact that of all the things measurable in life, a god or a higher power (the un-natural) is not one of them. Humans with their pain and sorrow are measurable.
I personally no longer feel the need to believe in a deity or god despite how much damage not believing has done to my social life and certain family relationships. If believing helps one get through life, then great for them. For me, I became my own “higher power” which has allowed me to be a more loving and a stronger minded person. By removing the god façade I could finally see how much humans can and need one another. There is no need to add religious discriminations and harmful bias to the guise for “helping others” or for keeping one in an abusive marriage/relationship. The good that religious organizations do only pale in comparison to the evil they do.
If there is a god out there or even “within us” but doesn’t interact with me in any way (believe me I have tried it all) then it is no different than a god that doesn’t exist and/or has chosen to ignore me. It (he/she) should know how to reach me. I see no reason in wasting my time anymore in putting forth effort towards a god that doesn’t want a relationship with me. Even then I can’t imagine a God who would demand "little ol' me" to worship it.
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” Joseph Campbell.
I personally no longer feel the need to believe in a deity or god despite how much damage not believing has done to my social life and certain family relationships. If believing helps one get through life, then great for them. For me, I became my own “higher power” which has allowed me to be a more loving and a stronger minded person. By removing the god façade I could finally see how much humans can and need one another. There is no need to add religious discriminations and harmful bias to the guise for “helping others” or for keeping one in an abusive marriage/relationship. The good that religious organizations do only pale in comparison to the evil they do.
If there is a god out there or even “within us” but doesn’t interact with me in any way (believe me I have tried it all) then it is no different than a god that doesn’t exist and/or has chosen to ignore me. It (he/she) should know how to reach me. I see no reason in wasting my time anymore in putting forth effort towards a god that doesn’t want a relationship with me. Even then I can’t imagine a God who would demand "little ol' me" to worship it.
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” Joseph Campbell.
~Be human, we are the good. JRP
