Religion and Politics

Originally posted by -DaGoN-

   Oh, I was thinking to copy my post from the "SCIENCE" thread also here.
This post doesn't deal with the logic of god, but more with his personal use, on an emotional level.

Originally posted by -DaGoN-

I had a conversation with someone that was really interesting. For this topic. 

Please, if you're not gonna read this carefully and open minded, don't read it at all.

See, last night I talked to someone over PSN voice chat for 2 hours. At one point, I don't quite remember how we got there, he was talking about when you are alone, it can also be in public but your still on your own, he sometimes has like a moment of clarity, when everything suddenly becomes clear. It's like you see yourself from above then, not visually but your emotions, your feelings and your problems. And with that the answers. For example he used to take drugs, some harder drugs. He had a very hard childhood, not the nicest parents. And people kept telling him how he has to stop taking those drugs, and it never had a use to him. But one time, when he took some pills again and was sitting alone, he realized, just like that, that he went too far, that he has to stop. He finally got there himself. And THAT, that is what I found at some point familiar, but mostly I found it extremely wise. He managed to deal with his problems, his horrible childhood HIMSELF. Before, he took the drugs to make the pain go away. At one point he told me, he thought about killing himself. 
But to deal with those huge problems himself takes such unbelievable inner strength. I was amazed.
And then I realized, I had it in me all along but I realized then, it's the reason why I don't believe or want to believe in "GOD".
I want to be an indipendent human being. 
I want to have that same inner strength.
And I want to know myself.
And this person, he brought a comparison, he said himself it may be too hard, in some countries ppl would kill him for that, but please don't take this too hard or personal, try to be open minded about this.
He said that believing in god is on an emotional level like taking drugs to make your pain go away. Instead of dealing with your own problems, you rather take some all knowing all powerful being that helps you, and of course it does, cause if you fully believe and accept god, TO YOU he exists. But you are not true to yourself. As a human, you are capable of dealing with your own problems, and I find it sad that some people need to rely so much on other things than to just try and deal with it yourself.
Another extrem comparison was suicide. But let's not talk about it.

Better see and know yourself, than have god see and know you.

I don't want to convince anbody on here, but I certainly hope this gets some ppl to think about my way of life, how some german atheist thinks about faith and about dealing with problems.


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