I?m an atheist because I don?t need what religions are selling. It?s all about death, really. No one wants to die. Scientists are working on extending lifespans and religious people are working on eternal life, reincarnation, etc. Isn?t one life enough? Sure, it sounds great to live forever, but it would get boring I?m sure. Everyone loves the idea of heaven because no one really thinks about it. I see this life as heaven. Heaven shouldn?t last forever. I equate it with a trip to Disney World. Would you really like to stay at Disney World for a year? A month? All expenses paid? It sounds great! But even little kids would be crying to go home before too long. It would lose its charm.
Now that I?ve had kids I look forward to that day (hopefully far away) when I can rest and look back on my tiny contribution to this special world. A world that happened to settle into a spot that was conducive to it creating life. How fantastic! And it will be enough just to say I was here. That I got to be born. That I got to live when billions of others didn?t even make it out of the womb. And that my genes (through evolution) will eventually be in every human on earth, just like our genes contain bits of ancient Egyptians and other Africans. No one thinks about heaven, but at the same time it?s all they want. But only if their lives don?t feel like heaven. I have what I need in this life. And it?s enough. And now I get to experience things all over again through my children. What better gift? But I?ll have had enough when I?m old. If I spent my entire life wondering where I was going when I died, I?d forget to live.
Thomas Lawson
Canada
Source: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/02/22/why-i-am-an-atheist-thomas-lawson/
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