The Unbelievable

Most people upon discovering I'm atheist often exclaim "you don't believe in anything?" Of course I do have beliefs; I believe there is evil, love, music, loyalty, reciprocity, knowledge. It's not that as an atheist, one has a blank, empty mind. I'm always willing to listen to reasonable explanation that necessitates the existence of grand uncaused Cause whether matter or not. The belief system of some religions; (i will mention those i'm familiar with) Christianity and Islam, is to a point that goes beyond belief towards fantasy. Their beliefs on the sources and contents of their Holy Books is surprising, like the Quran is believed to delivered by an angel of God, which is a strange and extraordinary demonstration for an extraordinary book contains all the fundamental truths of existence. To an outsider, such contention is impossible to accept.

Unfortunately, their entire idea of God is founded in the extraordinary testimonies of ancient writers whose identity or message is ‘believed’ to be without question or validation. The religious leaders also include their testimonies and celebrate the phenomenon of miracle. A famous pastor once spoke of his one of miraculous experience whereby he drove a car with fuel tank filled with water for over 400km! Surprisingly, he has a personal plane which hasn’t filled yet with water. How am I supposed to believe that? Is that reasonable?

Huge portions of the Bible is devoted to such unbelievable stories,

That a donkey spoke in human language,

That a man with simple words parted a sea

That a man can offer himself as a ritualistic sacrifice for salvation,  does sacrificing a goat make me a better person?

That a man not just rose he up from the dead, but an ENTIRE cemetery?!

That a man can ascend into the sky without any physical support?

On this pile of the unbelievable sits God, whose nature, identity is above our natural universe, above our scrutiny. It could have as well been an error passed the generations, through the influence of culture and habit. At the end, God is said to be the sum total of the unbelievable, thus there is more justification in disbelieving than believing!

Nevertheless my position on religion is first and foremost my opinion which I earnestly try to lend it a rational complexion, which I’m entitled to. Also I must for my good, keep my sanity.