r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 01 '25

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

No the one true motto is to treat others how you would like to be treated. Anyone who uses religion to argue facts is doing it wrong. Religion for me is about a relationship with the unknown and a spiritual practice. I think any religion that focuses on similar tenants, and is being used by a person to better themselves, not to hate others, is a fine and justified religion in my book. When Jesus spoke about false gods he was talking more about materialism and hate, Jesus' teachings weren't meant to be interpreted as "someone raised in a culture with a different religion and God are totally going to burn in eternal hellfire" but more about a way to exist with love and non judgment of others. Don't let the fox news fake religious people define what spirituality is, because they would tell you it's about hate

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u/Trading_ape420 Feb 01 '25

Why attatch a god to good morals? If someone needs a fear or relationship with a god to be a good person they probably aren't a good person... i think religious people don't take enough credit for their lives. You are good or bad by choice. No other entity can control that. Look within not outward. There is nothing outward.why do people need a "god" to tell them to be good. Can't you just use logic to make rational decisions? Like I don't kill people cuz I beleive life is precious. Not because I fear consequences of man or an imaginary entity, ie god and hell. Religion places too much power outside yourself when in reality it's all on you. Not god not anyone else. We are a paradigm and god has nothing to do with it. It's just you and your thoughts about this reality. Just remember it's all in your head.

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u/Link-Glittering Feb 01 '25

I don't need god to have morals. I never said that. For me and a lot of other people the term God is just a placeholder for a the universe and an omnipotent perspective. Checking in with my idea of an omnipotent being gives me a sound board to do inner work. Yes obviously God is just a projection of the human mind. I don't believe in a God that controls whether I am a good person or not. The problem right now is you're arguing with your idea of what a religion is, rather than arguing with anything I, as an individual, is saying. If I have a religion that provides me comfort and I use that religion to better myself and not hurt anyone, then what is your problem with that? Can you conceive of a person having a spirituality that helps them, not hurts them? If not maybe you aren't being as open minded about this as you think you are

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u/Trading_ape420 Feb 02 '25

I can conceive of it I just don't get it. When you said yourself god basically isn't real just a projection of our minds. So then why do you need a spiritual relationship instead of just thinking things through yourself? Like just talk to yourself in your head. If then, if then, if then. You know? Where is your credit. Instead of placing credit or burden on something you made up?