Godless Salvation

Reflecting upon my life, and my beliefs. One of the most striking accusations was to call me "godless." I have been called a communist, a radical, a terrorist, and a danger to society--to these I just smile, and agree. Not much I can say to stop them anyway, but to call me Godless because my God is not yours? Such is certainly an act of all the hegemonic, tyrannical, and ignorant things I stand against proudly. Religion has been the cause of countless wars, even World War II, was caused by religious hatred, and religious indifference. And I've tried to think of an example of the dangers of taking any fictious work of man such as the modern Bible seriously.

I've thought of only one. My wife, is devote in her faith--she and I share many differences, this being the most controversal of them. I remember once she actually made the comment "can a husband rape his wife?"

I was agasp, I quickly served to correct here, "yes, of course. It's completely possible for him to force her into doing things she doesn't want to." She nodded. And although, this is a fairly harmless and quickly corrected example (that many men would've taken advantage of), it serves to prove the dangers of religion. In the Christian Bible, or well almost any bible, it is a wife's duty to please her husband--and in any modern intelligent society, this is not true. Intellectuals seek companions, and partners, not servants--as it should be. A woman wishes to be these, and not be a servant, yet within the pages of archiac and rewritten book, it is her duty to forever be a servant.

Imagine what these beliefs, these ancient myths could do if exposed to more violent people. Acts like September 11st, the Crusades, the Inquisition, all of these could be mere stepping stones to a much greater, and much more deadly "work of God."

Although I cannot deny God's existance, I can deny anything that brings pain and suffering to my brothers and sisters. I can deny organized religion and most religious texts, and I say this. If you truly want a better world, why place your stock in Gods? No magical chariot is coming to save you, you have save yourself and everyone around.

Make a few steps, help some of us make this world a better place. I live and die for humanity, call a humanist if you want, but you, the human race are tangible, and here. I'm one of many, who wants to help you. I'd die fighting for a people I know well, then live for a God I've never met.

So here I offer you, a Godless Salvation--and it was always yours and all it takes is a thought.

Just, take that first step. Help us make this world a better place.