Atheism For Me

Time to lay out some more opinion that will probably ruffle some feathers. Your feathers, not mine, is all I have to say. I understand the origin of my lack of faith in that so-called 'god' that most people subscribe to in believing in. I cannot be delusion into thinking that a single, all-powerful, all knowing being came to create every living creature in the universe, much less here on earth. I do firmly believe that a single-celled organism is where we each derived from. To take that one step further, I believe that in the greatness of all existence life was created from a single-celled organism. What exactly that organism was (i.e. species... probably nothing we would know about) beyond being a cell is truly beyond mankind's knowledge but, we are trying to discover that, in scientific research and of course, time. I do think that every cell of every life has the answers to our questions of where we truly came from. We simply have not found that answer (knowing humans, we're probably asking the wrong questions or, if we aren't, we simply have not tapped into our own minds deep enough to extract that knowledge to ask the questions that we need to ask to make those discoveries). For me, not entrusting my fate into some 'god's hands' does lead me to feel more empowered to be a responsible person in this world. Religion provides guidance for those who feel they're lost in their existence and that's perfectly fine , for them. I see it as a serious shortfall of a person to place their 'faith' upon an entity that is obviously, if listening, not paying any attention to our whims and wishes. All life is a calculated chance of options. Some work and some fall by the wayside and become extinct. Unfortunately, I believe without question that most of the extinction that has occurred in the last say a thousand years has come about more by the hands of the human species that any other species. There is an ecosystem that, of course, creates a natural balance to any species numbers in existence. Humanity has imposed itself upon every other existence and basically taken from it what ever it feels it needs and wants for it's own selfish purposes. Other species have an effect upon other species on a much smaller scale than humans have upon hundreds, even thousands of other species on this planet. Somehow, we've convinced ourselves that we have control over every other creature that roams the earth. I know in my mind that we are one component, one element of a much larger existence of something that we have no knowledge, much less an understanding of that encompasses all of us. We could very well be that single-celled organism that we're trying to understand in ourselves. Now, if there is a 'god' how can one provide factual, documented and tangible, (yes, tangible) proof? To use the statement, '... only god knows the answer...' has to be the biggest sham that I've ever heard. If you don't know where life came from, why make the proclamation that makes one look even more ignorant? If one does not know the answer, then, look for the answers and then decide what the truth is. We tend to want the 'fast and easy' response to our questions. Many we are able to answer and yet, there are still many countless answers to questions that still elude us to this day. If a 'god' cast us in it's own image then, how is it that we're as flawed as we are? Apparently, 'god' is not that great if he is producing 'faulty models' of every species within this universe. I would strongly urge everyone to read 'God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins and research beyond that. The origins of life from all the scientific research that the human race has conducted through the hundreds of years (and, continues to do so). Religion, as a whole, is basically a 'middle man' to somehow answer the questions that we have not discovered the answers for, yet through research of the evolutionary process... just say, 'I don't know' and not, 'Only 'god' knows the truth of that', please!!! Humans are capable of intelligence that comes across that ignorant (especially, to one another). Show me 'god' and I'll show you nothing and you'll still lose. Darwin and evolution are real explanations to what the human mind knows at this point in our existence and it's short-lived (in relation to the creation of all life) time here. That's simply my opinion on this subject. Have a realistic, open mind and choose to depend upon your own sense of right and wrong (every creature has those abilities, we're living proof of that). Some simply have not evolved quite to that 'civilized' level hence, all the violence that a small percentage of the human population continues to struggle with. We are simply put, an animal that wears clothes and communicates with other animals of similar traits and abilities. Peace, and we out.