Land of the free...if your just like me.

There is a strong terrorist threat in America today! It's not the one you hear about on TV, or on the radio. It's not black people (Sorry Rush). Terrorism some may say is pretty strong wording but the ideas pressed onto our society, is pretty overwhelming nonetheless. This applies to politics, religion, and even things that a measurable by statistic.

Marijuana..Pot...Sticky Icky...Whatever you want to call it is still illegal. We get to hear about it's dangers and the terrible things it does by Teachers, Parents, and the News. However, the only statistic you need is that there is no documented case of death by Mary Jane. The drug, not my ex-girlfriend...she's always been dangerous. ;0)

Tobacco and Alcohol kills everyday. And it's legal. Sure there's a lot of politics involved in the criminalization of this herb, but at it's core it's a completely harmless plant. Why ban it? We are the land of the free right?

As far as politics and religion, parents always seem to want to bring up little versions of themselves. You'll see bumper stickers saying:

"Christian parents, raising Christian Kids"

It's fine that you believe in God but things that don't have truth tied to it (scientific truth), should be left for the kid to discover on his or her own. Even though I'm an atheist, i wouldn't want to force that on my children. As Mona said in a comment, kids aren't nearly old enough to feel the "thirst" to discover that kind of thing on their own yet. Religion, or Politics are not something that you should take someones word for. They are both brought out through self-discovery. Basically sorting out your internal thoughts, and figuring out things for yourself. What you truly believe and stand for should be reflected in your political or religious choices. I'm an atheist, yeah, but because I've taken the time to think about it and realized without real evidence, i won't buy into the concept of "God." At least at this point.

If the skies opened up, and God appeared in front of me..levitating down from the sky and said:

"My name is Tom, and i am the only true God"

I would say i didn't believe him, and if he hit me with thunderbolts, and then maybe could tell me what was going to happen in the next 5 minutes, I'd definitely believe. I'm skeptical, but not unshakable.

However, most people in society find it eaiser to listen to what people tell them to think, than to actually take the time and think for themselves. This is Internal Terrorism of your brain, they're putting your mind in shakles. Many people don't mind, but i do. Perhaps its because they feel that they're part of a group. I'm not sure, but either way when somebody says something, and she gets millions of supporters to agree with her, it doesn't make her right. And If he's wrong, then he's no less wrong the rest of the followers.

So, there is truly no need to cling to the ideas of others except for sheer laziness. If you do a simple self-analysis and find out what your core beliefs are then you really don't need anyone else to validate you. You may be wrong (I may be wrong), but none of this really matters because when it comes to our orgins, nobody can really be certain. It's a veritible clusterfuck of thoughts thrown around. I tend to follow the science, you may favor the religious theories. Either way, it should be about the individual, and not what one individual says the other group of individuals to believe.

and i'll be damned if you ever see an "atheist father raising an atheist kid" sticker on my car.

To me it is.

This Easel equals the unwantedness we shared
The combined loneliness from when we're together
There's the phony affection, the hate we made
The mattress we shared when we drank too much
Your eyes piercing through the unaplogetic darkness
our scene is beautiful
to me it is.

Training wheels to atheism.

You see a lot of people that call themselves agnostics. A lot of these people, i think are just trying to avoid the whole social stigma that goes along with being an atheist and don't enen truly know what the word entails. I'm going to be upfront, and say that I'm a proud atheist. That being said, i don't toss the title around just to piss people off. And if it does come up i usually get hounded by conservatives for believing the way i do. Not the other way around. I've learned to put up with it, and debate with the people that are so inclined. They end up getting mad because IM going to hell. Why so glum chum? your seat in heaven is secure? Don't worry about mine. So with all this irritation, it's no wonder people these days don't want to fess up to being a non-believer. If they don't want to step on anyone's toes they'll end up calling themselves an agnostic, or worse hide their beliefs and not talk about them.

The way i've always thought about it, atheists and agnostics can go hand-in-hand, though not interchangable, they are both negative answers to two entirely different questions. Agnosticism is the answer to the question "Can anyone prove in the existance of an omnipitant/omnicient diety?" Their answer...no. Atheism's question is "Does an omnipitant/omnicient diety exist?". Our answer...no. I'm 99% sure that God is a fairy tale. I know that it can never be proven one way or another. Which in a sense, makes me part agnostic as well as atheist.

I look at it this way. Can anyone prove that magic invisible fairies live in your brain and tell you what to do? no, and nobody can disprove that story either. However, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that i don't believe that this is true. It's funny, because if somebody actually believed this, they'd probably end up in a nuthouse. Yet, it's a very similar idea to the belief in god.

To sum this all up. I believe many atheists use agnosticism as training wheels before they make it all the way to atheism. In my opinion, you can be both but once you've made your way to Atheism you should just call yourself an atheist. Most people don't understand that agnosticism and atheism answer completly different questions. And even if you piss people off, you should be open about what you believe in.

Thats it, to any christians or people that disagree. Feel free to comment me, or hate me...i need things to write about. If your lucky you just might be another eggshell mind for my soup.

Let there be light...

Here i am, here you are. Lets get messy. The idea behind this blog, first and foremost, is so that i have an outlet for creativity and sometimes rationality. I will talk about my perspective, my politics, and my lack of religion. Also i'll throw a couple poems up. What the hell; i have many ideas about many topics so i'm probably just going to go on, and on about any kinda of random shit.

I'd like to garner participation, maybe if you challenge my ideas...and you successfully change my world view. I'll send you a little online present. Maybe not. The thing is, i'm not always right. I wouldn't want to be because knowing everything leaves room for little creativity, and no surprises.

To put it bluntly..This blog will be about everything i'm about at any given time. Expect to see poems, music (ranging from metal to hip-hop), politics, religion, the shit that i love, and more often the shit that i hate.

First off religion.