Now Wait A Tic... - Bryan

First off I would like to say I'm sorry to those who read this, I've been out a bit due to work and life, and I've kinda left Pete and y'all hanging. My bad, I'm sorry for that one. That being said, onward to my whole point for this post; atheism. Now, by and large I have no issue with atheists, so long as they are doing what ever they do in order to be a better person. I think you can be a perfectly good person and not have faith in anything. Granted it's not my way, but hey, if I were to get upset with people who do things I don't agree with, I would be in a constant fight against people who dress their animals like people. However, every now and then, I come across an atheist missionary, and they go through everything they can to tell me how wrong I am. Like I said, if you don't believe, that's your thing, but just like you don't like the faithful putting their ideas on you, I have no need for you putting yours on mine. Now, if you jump into a conversation with someone who adheres to a certain faith about said faith, don't throw a fit when they don't drop their faith because of your thought-provoking view on the matter. What's worse, I had an atheist tell me I was wrong in the way I believe. He told me he didn't believe in God because he didn't believe in certain ideals of the Christian churches. I told him I didn't agree with them as well, so he told me I couldn't do that, that I didn't really believe in God if I didn't accept all the tenets of the church. I told him I was proof otherwise, I adhere to no church and yet I have complete faith in God. To which he said "You're wrong, wrong, wrong....", well you can see where this is going. The point is, people hold on to their beliefs for a reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Judaism, science, politics, or whatever, we cling to these things to help define our world. When it all comes down to it, neither science nor faith will ever prove each other wrong, so all your doing is blowing hot air. Now this part goes out to both sides of the fence; don't shove your ideas down the throats of others, all you're gonna do is piss people off and that never gets anyone anywhere. All you can do is put your ideas out there for others to hear (kinda like I'm doing now). Those who want to listen will, those who don't can move on. Either way, it should make things a bit easier for everyone.