What I think... about anything... if at all...

A look at some of my philosophical mumblings...

I don't believe in gods.

Gods? Yes, I say "gods" because to say I don't believe in 'God' looks like I am in denial of the usual 'God' that the majority of my culture believe in, that being the Christian God known as Jehovah, I think, but generally called God. I don't believe in that one any more than I believe in Allah, or Odin, or Zeus etc. I do not believe in the existence of any deities. In fact I see them as mythological characters. Yes that includes the 'God' that is prevalent in the culture of the nation I live in. I don't believe Jesus was a son of a god, was divine, or was conceived immaculately nor rose after dying.

I can't remember at what age I realised that something didn't seem right about the Bible and stuff we were told at school, but I know I saw through it with an open mind at a fairly young age. I now see it as mankinds way of explaining our existence, and with a lack of scientific understanding, for the most part, a way of looking at the Earth, nature, and the Universe. Unfortunately, what may have started out as a philosophical way of earlier man's existence, soon turned into political control and became corrupted, and had various flavours added to embelish it.

Having no beliefs in deities, I have no concept of a 'Devil'. I do not accept the existence of this myth, nor do I fear it. Perhaps it's just a way of seeing bad in people. But I am inclined to think that it's a way of exerting political control through fear.

I don't have a problem with religion so long as nobody mentions it within earshot or view of me. I don't object to people having their own beliefs, as I enjoy having the freedom to hold my own. I consider myself lucky to live in the era that I do, or I may have been burned alive or something similar (by religious types). Freedom is a very important thing - for everyone. Freedom of thought, speech, movement, religious persuasion, sexuality etc.

I think the nearest concept of a deity - if I had to choose - would be the Sun and the Moon, as well as the Earth, as they are what gave life. That's pretty basic and could be argued... but will have to do for now as I have to go and eat.