“I’m a new soul. I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit ’bout how to give and take. But since I came here felt the joy and the fear, finding myself making every possible mistake.”
I think I am starting to understand why some people join religions. Maybe I am being to generous and giving to much credit to human beings, but I would like to think that a large amount of people who join silly religions, cults and support groups are people who are just looking for something to be apart of. Nothing more, nothing less.
Life gets lonely. I was once asked why I do not believe in god, and they went on to ask, "doesn't it get lonely to have no purpose?" I responded then, with what I would still respond with today; once you get passed the idea that there is no point to life and we are no more important than a dried up wad of bubble gum under a picnic table; it is actually quite freeing.
There are no rules. There is nobody to impress. There are no standards you are trying to live up to. You are free to determine what feels good and what doesn't. There is nobody judging you. You get to just live your life.
But at the same time, we start to realize that we are who we are and we are not apart of something special. We are lonely, lesson less beings without a purpose. Once you accept this, the need for a purpose seems to somewhat fade away.
But Lately, things have been different in terms of wanting to be apart of something. It seems like everything had gotten mundane. There are no movements, no changes, no push to become better. The direction our country is going and the direction the world is going is quite scary. Along with the direction, I feel I am going.
But I digress. My point is that I have recently missed the blinders that these silly beliefs came with. Having these beliefs(as silly and unbelievable they are) means being apart of something.
In a recent post regarding the Jewish faith, The blogger for the nogodblogposed the question, "Would you give up religion if it meant you had to start paying taxes?" He discussed how in Israel there are Secular and Haredi Jews and the Haredi are given special privileges; one of which is no taxes.
To walk away from the religion means truth, but also a new perception of everything known. Along with taxes, you have to deal with knowing life will end, and there is no point.
Is this better than blinders? Would you rather see the truth or be trapped in the matrix?
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