kowhoho said:
makingmusic476 said:
dunno001 said:
Hrm... for some reason, my experience has shown me that being gay is more acceptable than being an atheist. Whenever I tell those idiots who push religious crap on you I'm a gay atheist, it's the atheist part they latch on to. And when I came out to my family, my mom reluctantly accepted that I was gay, but still won't see that I'm an atheist. If I were to guess, it has to do with how religion was more important in the older days, and older people, in search for the truth as their days are numbering down, fall into the trap known as religion.
I guess just don't make a big deal about it, but live what you think to be true. Whenever my family does something talking to "god", I'm quiet in respect to their beliefs, but damned if I'm going to be making specific actions.
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It's probably because being gay isn't a choice, while being an atheist is.
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I was an atheist since birth, wether I knew it or not. The people in our lives teach us that there is a god, but we are born without knowledge that there is one, and without that knowledge, how can one say that there is a god? I don't buy into the claim that atheism is a choice. It is a return to the fundamentals of our conciousness.
But of course this is the conclusion I draw. I believe my ideas are sound but I also acknowledge the fact that I may be wrong. However, this does not bother me too much in the end because no matter what you believe, we are all going to the same place. There is only one truth in this universe and none of us can escape it.
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Scientific research shows the human mind is wired to think about God. Beyond this, seeing the universe begs the question of how it came about, and things in it have an apparent order that drives people to ponder who may of created things in it.
As far as choice goes, it is argued if you can choose otherwise, then it is a choice, when if you initially didn't choose fom the start.
