rajatworld
Acolyte
hey friends whats your view on god..??
@Xan, if you actually follow a religion, you won't speak as if your religion is probably wrong. If your religion is monotheistic, and you believe this religion is the truth, you betray yourself by speaking as if other gods exist.
You speak the truth.I'm an atheist, raised catholic. Starting doubting the so-called truth of my religion pretty early on, but didn't really acknowledge myself as an atheist til I was 20 or so.
However, I do have thoughts on god/gods, which are best summed up in a quote from Marcus Aurelius (the Roman emperor):
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
I think that regardless of the existence of a deity, religion was obviously crafted by people. I'm still not sure whether I believe most religions were intentionally designed to maintain control over a populace, but there are lots of elements in the most popular ones that make me wonder.
I've almost never heard someone of one belief system accurately describe the beliefs of a system they weren't a part of. Please, just don't even try, ask questions instead.
How would one prove non-existence?
There may be some way to get an 'official' version if a religion has a supreme authority (ie, the Pope for catholics) but even then beliefs and attitudes will change as new leaders come along.