wickedflea | touching Easter thoughts (Reply)

I'm about as far as you can get from being religious. Honestly I'm not sure what I believe as far as god or whatever. I'm not a real big fan of organized religion, to put it mildly. And of course I resent being preached to by people who are religious (not that all religious people want to preach to you; I'm not saying that at all). But some other people who bug the ever-loving shit out of me are the rabidly atheist--the assholes who seem to get such a rise out of telling everyone what they believe, or don't believe, or whatever. Like I give a shit, you know? I don't want anyone in my face about Atheism any more than I want people in my face about Christianity or Hari Krishnaism. I dunno. I've heard it said that Atheists can be the most fervently religious people around, and in a lot of cases it's true. I guess I just don't see the point of letting the idea of god rule your life if you don't even believe in it. Shut the fuck up, have a Dr. Pepper, and enjoy your goddamn Sunday, you know??? Let me figure it out on my own, and don't preach to me, Clyde.

I don't mean to offend anyone or to paint any group of people with the same brush, BTW. I have some avowed Christians and some avowed Atheists reading this, and obviously I got no beef with any o' y'all. Really, people who harp on any ideology too much bug me; it's just these certain ones that I happened to think about today. If you're really curious, I happened to click over to the FAQ at atheists.org, and that's what set me off. It's just so pissy, you know?