A Piece of Paper

Life starts out as a blank piece of paper.

The Christian, having an idea, thought that it is best to be plane tickets for a vacation in Heaven. So he did. The Christian then gave the tickets and rode the plane. He was happy.

The Atheist, however, thought that it is best to be a land title for a large plot of land that he can do anything in. So he did. The Atheist never gave his land title to anyone. In his land, he found happiness in planting, farming, and enjoying the warm breeze and gazing at the stars.

Plane tickets or Land titles? Apparently, most atheists give more value to life than most christians. Ironic, isn't it?

The Christian Blind-spot

The totality of Epicurus' famous atheist quote led me to think that there are three possibilities of god's existence. First, a god doesn't exist at all (which is what I personally believe in). Second, god can be malevolent or simply doesn't care, the latter being the deist belief. Third, god is weak. Whatever the condition, believers, especially Christians, got their beliefs wrong, in one way or another.

If a god really does exist, his qualities aren't what Christians expect him to be, which is really sad and disappointing (for them). Defining every aspect as "divine", "absolute", "almighty", and whatnot just doesn't fit into a non-divine finite world.

Of the Seven deadly sins recognized by the Catholic church, he has committed all seven.

1. Pride - Claiming himself to be the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-whatever.
2. Greed - He wants everything for himself. Period.
3. Lust - In the old testament, he enforces incest and rape. Hell, he impregnated the "virgin" Mary.
4. Envy - He's a jealous god. Even believers acknowledge that.
5. Gluttony - Aside from the fact that offerings (material or spiritual) are mandatory, he wants people to "symbolically" eat his son.
6. Wrath - "The Wrath of god" has already been a cliche saying, hasn't it?
7. Sloth - Enforcing that one should do nothing once a week. I like it.

Christians are turning a blind eye at the truth of things. The clergy of olden times, even now, omit some passages of the Bible and only preach those that sound good. Both blinded by faith and blinded from the truth... it can only mean that faith leads to the opposite of the truth.

Close the storybook and open your eyes.