If you know me, you’ll know I’m agnostic, but christians (notice how I don’t capitalise christians or god) would probably label me as an atheist. And they’d be absolutely correct, as far as their “god” is concerned. The same applies to all other religions and cults which claim their god is the “one true god”.

It’s a pile of crap.

The thing which makes me agnostic is the fact that I’m open to the idea of something much bigger than us, not necessarily a “god” or a creator, but something which could have had an influence in whatever caused the big bang. I don’t pray to this being because I have no idea whether or not it exists, and why would it listen to me if millions of billions of trillions of other beings throughout our universe are all trying to be heard also? So I just get on with making the most of my life, as everyone else probably should, without hurting anyone else in the process.

Jon McNaughton on the other hand believes everyone should bow before his god. He has proven this by the sheer effort he’s put into creating this painting. Now, I respect everyone’s right to believe whatever they want to believe, but effectively telling everyone “what you think is wrong and what I think is right and that’s how this country should be”. Just like Barrack Obama said, the USA is not a christian nation, hell half of the founders were free masons!

As you’ve probably gathered I’m not a big fan of organised religion, and I’m not much of a writer (just in case I appear to be rambling on, but that doesn’t matter, this is my site to ramble and rant on). The fact of the matter is I see a lot of people being brainwashed into believing something which has been passed down through the generations for no reason other than “it’s what my parents believe”. Before that was the case people started saying they believed in bearded men up the sky because they were persecuted and murdered by christians unless they claimed christ as their saviour.

I might sound a bit preachy sometimes myself and I have to admit it’s not something I like, however it astonishes me when I see seemingly intelligent people praying to an imaginary friend because some guy in a black dress and a dog collar told them they’d be rewarded with everlasting bliss in heaven with all the good (read: boring) people who also fell for his brand of propaganda. These supposedly intelligent people need to wake up and smell the coffee, otherwise they’re just cowards shivering in fear at the idea that death is the end, which in itself is stupid, because how in the hell are they gonna know anything about it?!?

People need to have faith in each other, not some fairy story some guy put in a big book in the fifth century for political gain (Roman Emperor Constantine, a pagan until the day he died).

One day the people who believe will have their faith tested, and their god will let them down.

Now, if this gets any decent traffic I fully expect some really nasty comments from so-called “christians” who hate anything which doesn’t have a confederate flag on it. Go read your book and learn about forgiveness, I’m sure the families of the millions killed in the name of your god have forgiven you already.

My beliefs

If you’ve reached this point, thanks for reading, you might be wondering just exactly what I do believe in as opposed to what I don’t. Being honest, I don’t believe in anything, the only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing. Beliefs are powerful things which can make people do bad things to each other, I much prefer positive ideas, but those who crave control (politicians, churches, right wing religious politicians in countries trapped in the 14th century) would never be happy with that.

My own life philosophy can be summed up in 2 phrases which can be applied to every situation imaginable, and here they are:

• Don’t be a dick (don’t do anything which could negatively impact anyone else’s life)
• Enjoy yourself (otherwise, what’s the point? Something tells me it isn’t to be a slave to those who force beliefs on you)

On that note, I’m going to leave you with a song by a man deeply hated by the right wing conservatives who want to control you through the fear of god for their own personal political gain. Enjoy.

And if you really need it hammered home, here’s a clip from a man who said it much better than I ever could. Rest in peace George.