WHY I'M NOT AN ATHEIST
Because I write (share) about
spiritual things, values and reasons for living, I'm often accused of
being a 'know-it-all'. Nothing could be more wrong. Along with
everyone, I only really 'know' what I have experienced. If it hasn't
actually happened to me and is passed along as second-hand, at best,
I can suspect that it might
become a truth for me. My whole reason for writing and sharing about
this stuff is that I know that others don't
agree with me, that most others, maybe even all
others have not experienced just what I have. That means that I
haven't experienced what they
have. And only in the sharing will I and them be able to grow in
understanding and in life.
Fact:
I don't believe in
God. I KNOW there is a More
that affects me and my world, a More that is both within me and in
all I know and can imagine. This More
is part of me every second, even though I have the complete power to
turn away, which I often do. But again and again, the More awakens my
most inner self and urges me onward toward new life and purpose.
For
me, the best and most faithful path to follow this More, is the Way
shown by Jesus of Nazareth. I'm not a Christian, however, for
thinking that Jesus was divine and different from the rest of
humanity makes no sense and would make any attempt to follow his path
a farcical and doomed waste of effort. I assume that there are many
other paths (spokes) to the Hub of Life. Only in sharing do we start
to know more of the totality of this awareness.
Maybe
this More is simply an illusion, or a social awareness. Or maybe the
accumulated energy of the Universe. I couldn't care less. To not live
within it as much as possible, is untenable over time, for this
purpose alone brings me Joy.
There is a second
reason that I'm not an Atheist, one who believes that there is
nothing more than what can be measured and recorded. Something
happened to me when in my early twenties: I interacted with a ghost,
a specter that scared me to my core. I won't go into any more details
here. Suffice it to say that I know there is more to life that
what we can even imagine. To ignore this fact would be to simply
waste my life, be it end at my death or continue in other realms.
So, back to my
basics: to share with others in the hope that they might return in
kind; to be critical of anything 'religious' that is narrow and does
not enable people to question and share. (This, of course,
includes most of Christianity.) The purpose of our lives is to grow.
It is most hard to live in a culture that is based on the opposite.
So, back to life.
Good luck to you and why not share enough to give life/love a chance,
no matter who you label yourself? What you call yourself makes no
difference. It's what you do that brings new life.
Again, thanks for
your time.
Anthony
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