Atheism, Clearing Some Things Up.

As an Atheist, I do not believe in God.

As simple as most intelligent people find this to be, I still come across some who find it to be mighty confusing. So here I am, your friendly neighbourhood Satani- I mean Atheist to clear up any confusion you 'Believers' might have.

1. I AM NOT A SATANIST.

Now, why wouldn't a non-belief in God extend to Satan? No really I wanna know because the amount of times I have been threatened with hell, you would think I'm his biggest fan! What makes you think that if the notion of a magical sky daddy watching over us all, with absolutely no evidence of its existence outside your personal experience is incredulous to me, that Satan makes total sense? The same Satan for whom there is just as much evidence for as a God?

Furthermore, Satanists are a group of people who worship Satan, Atheists do not believe in Satan ergo, we cannot worship him! Get it? Got it? Good. Lets move on shall we?

2. STOP THREATENING ME WITH HELL!

Lets clear this up people! Atheism does not equate to Satanism. Atheists do not believe in God or Satan or Heaven or Hell or anything you may feel the need to threaten me with upon discovering my Atheism. So stop wasting your breath. Threatening me with hell has the same impact on me as threatening me with coal from father Christmas for being 'naughty'.

3. I HAVE MORALS & PURPOSE!

One of my personal favourites. The idea that because I do not adhere to an ancient book written by who the heck knows, I have no morals. Of course the sweet beautiful irony is that it is in fact in spite of say the Bible that I have morals. An understanding of wrong and right and an ability to apply them em-pathetically. Whenever a christian tells me that I or all Atheists have no morals because we have chosen to stray from God and if we do not believe in God or that we were created with a distinct purpose, so why would we bother to be good people, it always makes me question their intelligence.

Let me put it this way. I do not believe that we were created by a God with a plan and purpose for us, but that does not leave my life void of meaning. I find purpose and meaning in the world around me, my hopes and dreams, my friends and family and other people who I see striving to achieve great things. That is where my purpose lies, in living and being the best person I can be. And why? If I don't believe in God should I care about being a 'good, moral' person? Because when people behave kindly and respectfully towards each other, that benefits society as a whole and what benefits society, benefits me.

Now what a typical Godless, heartless answer right? Wrong, I also strive to be a good person because I am a compassionate human being able to sympathise and empathise and care for others. The cold hard science of it, is everything I just stated but just because I acknowledge this, doesn't make me any less moral than a Christian.

I would even go so far as to say, it makes me MORE moral. Yes MORE. I am good because I want to be, yes there is a satisfaction that comes from doing good but it goes no further than that. There is no fear of eternal damnation pressuring me to do moral actions. The law and my own moral compass built up by the society I was raised in, is good enough for me. But for believers? You are merely driven by fear of hell or hope of reward in heaven. How does this make you more moral, because you are working for your own self interest just as much as anyone else.

Morality changes over time in the societies in which we live, this is the only way you can stay moral. Clinging to an ancient book for your morals makes you immoral. A book that calls for the damnation of homosexuals, that condones slavery and rape. This is where you get your morals from? They do not change they are in a book, society changes, evolves but if you follow the book how can you claim to be moral at all let alone more moral than I?

Just something to think about.

4. I DON'T HATE GOD!

I cannot hate what I do not believe in, no more than I can fear what I do not believe in. This point has really already been done to death in this post so this is all I will say on the matter.


I love science and reason I am happy to be an Atheist and while I am not claiming to know, I am simply stating that lack of evidence makes it improbable.

Hope this helped someone.

Love,

The Girl in Blue
xoxo