Rollercoaster

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“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.” - Carl Sagan

When I was a kid, I was promised that I would be with my family forever. Sounds great, right? But there were exceptions. I had to make sure I followed these certain "rules". If I didn't do this and this, but accidentally did this, but repented, and made sure I followed this, then I would be in the top kingdom. If I screwed up, I'd get placed in a lower kingdom.

I called bull shit.

Although the thought of an afterlife sounds amazing, I can't make myself believe that a loving God would separate people like that in heaven. Death has been a rough topic for me since becoming Atheist. I love my family more than anything, and I've been so lucky to have a family that loves me and accepts me for who I am. I want to be with them forever, but I'm not going to comfort myself with something that might not be true.

But.. just like a Mormon can't logically say that they KNOW there is a God, an Atheist can't say that they KNOW there isn't a God. So after a rollercoaster of spiraling events this week, I finally thought of something comforting that wasn't a lie:

Nobody knows what will happen when we die. So why do we bother worrying about it? All we can do is make the most of ourselves while we're alive. BAM. That's that.

8 comments:

  1. Agreed. Keep 'em coming.

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  2. I understand that feeling. Being told my cousin couldn't be with his/my family forever for being gay was really hard, and something I will never accept. He's a better person than most Mormons I know.

    Anyway, this blog is great! I admire you for doing this.

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    1. Thank you Sadie. :) I hope one day people will judge on how KIND a person is instead of their sexual orientation.

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  3. If the existence of a god cant be disproved. I don't think it's fair to call mormon beliefs a lie.

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    1. The Mormon church already lies about their facts. Some of the things they claim about Joseph Smith aren't true and have been proven not true. They just don't teach those things in Sunday school. I don't trust a religion that has a background of lies.

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  4. I agree 100% especially about the 3 kingdoms crap that's the part of the Lds religion that I can't stand, If they believe in a god that is so loving why would he keep families apart if they didn't follow all of his "rules" I also call bullshit!

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    1. You're right. If there's a God that wants to separate families, I choose not to believe in him.

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