My thoughts /
commentary on the quotes;
I recall several
conversations in my life with theists with no readily cognizant nomenclature
beyond: Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, Muslim, or Buddhist. However limiting such a thinly delineated
position tree of various religious persuasions may be, the general definitions
between theism as a superstructure overriding all strands of religion to
illuminate that there were other options prior to the general election
including deism, pantheism, and ultimately atheism is often surpressed.
You just might be
an atheist without realizing it. It’s ok
to say it in the inside. This is how
butterflies get their wings. Experimentation does not equate to perdition. The opposing logic is akin to that of many
homosexual teen suicides. Not knowing
that one had such an option is a sad adult status. Choosing theism informed with a broader
spectrum is all the more satisfying.
I have had people
I respect tell me in response to my atheism, “Einstein believed in god.” I have included quotes from the man to speak
for himself in such matters. As better
men than I have expounded previously, god when seen everywhere and defined as
everything loses all credence as what traditionally defines god. So that when a human says, god is energy; god
is love; god is the flow; god is the all; god is the universe; these are
actually statements of an atheist. For
in turn god has lost all meaning, words have become flappable amorphous
mutations appearing like a squeezed salve to caulk every aperture.
This may be done
out of traditional hunger for comfort, an inability to let go of years of
practices, but in the end whether recognized later rather than sooner; the
underpinning realities were equally valid during the period of belief as in
unbelief.
I added these
definitions to the blog, because in understanding the logic of semantics and
synonymous concepts to define the ultimate universal ambiguity this sort of
explicit terminology afforded me the confidence to walk the plank of the boat
of theism, then out of the life raft of deism.
I skipped the stage of pantheism realizing quite swiftly that my poetic
nature of describing the scientific harmony of the universe was in actuality
atheism. I was happy to acknowledge this
as such internally and ultimately externally to my friends and family.
Each person has
their own path, but I find debating internally with specified concepts helped a
great deal. Best wishes on your journey
of belief or unbelief. Peace.
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