What we believe in often becomes that which we wish others would believe in. We wish for their approval and their understanding. We tend to desire the company of those who use the same language of belief as we do.
Likewise, when we are confronted with those who don’t believe in our tenets, we are sometimes impulsively inclined to project a wide range of biased attributes on to them. We might see them as stupid, pitiable, lost, misguided or wrong. In spite of how our beliefs instruct us to live with compassion, the cold, hard truth is that human beings — when confronted with something they don’t understand (basically, an opposing belief) — gravitate toward hate, judgment and condemnation.
We all relate to certain universal concepts in nature. And for millions and millions of people, the word God has what is called, “a universal” meaning. God means so much to so many people. As a principle, God is the mystical basis on which faith is based upon; as a path, God is a road map for the individual to find peace and fulfillment within their own lives, and as a deity, God is a figurehead that works as both a relative vision of one’s own potential and as an instrument for worshipful concentration. For those who believe in God, God is a promise. God is forgiveness and hope. God is love.
Categories: ATHEISM, Religion, Religious Values