Submitted by Louis_Cypher on December 2, 2011 - 1:26pm.

Religion is superstition writ large, fear of the outer darkness made manifest. Assuaging the unearned guilt with false forgiveness and seeking comfort in emptiness. The lazy mind has no need of questions, filled as it is with spoon fed certainties. Faith is the light that blinds.

And, those of us who have thrown off the shackles of superstition, do we ever fear?

I’ve seen over and over the act of dieing, and it fills me with some small dread, yet, that which comes after has no horror, because it is the same as what came before… Simple non being.



I need no mouldering tome of savage tales to guide me, only reason.

I need no fantasy forgiveness for my offenses, no reward for the good things I have done, they have all made me who I am, and I would not change them.

The universe holds abundant wonders and nature alone is worthy of awe. I am an atheist. LC >;-}>