Unbelief is a form of belief
Unbelief is a form of belief. So often we hear about separation of chuch and state. I contend that this is not possible. The act of excluding God from daily discussion is a practice in the religion of atheism and is therefore not separating church and state at all.
I’m sure many would argue that atheism is not a religion. I argue that it is. Is it not a system of belief? Atheists believe that there is no God. Therefore atheism is a belief system about God. In other words a religion. So I ask you this, why is it that atheists are the only ones who are allowed to practice their religion in schools? Why too is it that atheists are the only ones for whom it is considered socially acceptable to express their ideas? People accuse believers in God of shoving their religious beliefs down everyone’s throats all the time. Is atheism not shoved down my throat constantly? Why is that okay?
Not only is atheism shoved down my throat constantly, I’m also told that I’m a fool for believing in God. I’m told that I’m a brainwashed sheep, a follower, a mindless drone with no ability or desire to think for myself. We’ve all heard the phrase, “opiate of the masses”. Hmph. Well how about this? Maybe it’s the other way around. Maybe atheism is so prevalent and permeating in our society that all of you who don’t believe in God are just a bunch of mindless drones who are completely incapable of thinking for yourselves or forming original ideas. You’ve been so convinced that your minds are open that you’ve closed them to anything real, or different, or true and they’re so closed that you cannot possibly see that they are closed. Maybe.
Or maybe, just maybe we’re all perfectly capable of thinking for ourselves. Maybe we’ve each come to the beliefs that we have because of different personal experiences that are very real and valid. Maybe we’re actually all intelligent people just doing the best that we can and maybe, just maybe if we all learn to genuinely respect and love one another in our differences the world will actually become a better place.
Wow!! That was an awesome one! It’s so true. People never think of Atheism as a religion, but atheists are actually quite rare,. It’s one of the smallest “religions” out there. Most people still believe in God, yet Atheists are very LOUD minority. Meanwhile, those of us who believe in God are so nervous about offending someone that we keep all talk of our religion out of most conversations, even with each other.
I know someday the atheists will get their way and our coins, dollars and the pledge of alleigence won’t say “God” anymore. That’ll be a very sad day.