Gays, And Atheists, And Sky Monsters....OH MY!

"But...How Can You Be An Atheist, Joe?"

That's the question that people ask me with great regularity.

How can I NOT believe in The Bible?

I want you to watch two videos. One is of a young man who was raised by two lesbian mothers, and the other is of  a young man of solid Christian faith. Both are speaking at the same public forum in Iowa, regarding civil unions between same sex partners, this past January.

In my opinion, one sounds like a very articulate, well thought out man, giving you anecdotal bits of information about his life experiences, and where they have led him all while being raised by a gay couple.

The other, while equally articulate with his words, but not the others equal as an orator, sounds like he is warning of the wrath of a dark magician's sorcery in a remake of "Excalibur".

Let's watch, and then come back to this....

First Zack Wahls, whose parents are lesbians.....

And now, Ezekiel The Messenger Of God's Wrath...

Now, here's where I explain my thought process.

One of these young men, speaks to us from the point of view of human experience in hopes of advancing our race so that we can focus on more important things. He talks to us on a human level. He speaks to us about his family working together after one of his mothers developed Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that the other young man would no doubt tell us was brought upon herself as wrath from the Sky Monster for her being gay.

The first young man, I can relate to, on a human level. He seems to process information like I do. He seems rational and logical....I "get" him.

The other young man speaks to us as if our time for sacrificing a virgin to Kong "King Of The Apes" is short, if we hope to avoid the sky raining fire and blood. His mindset is from The Bronze Age, and he sounds...for all intents and purposes....insane to me. He pleads with other humans to prohibit certain people from enjoying a simple quality of life that others have, based on a book filled with countless inaccuracies.
Inaccuracies that have been proven through scientific fact. Scientific fact that the second young man would no doubt tell you are the Devil's trickery.

One of the thought processes here have brought us to where we are technologically, medically, and most importantly, in the way we as a people treat each other.

The other would have us still riding horseback, "praying" for God to intervene when a family member gets a disease, and actually killing people for loving someone of the same sex.

I just can't buy into that way of thinking, and when I hear someone speak like that in 2011, it actually sounds laughable to me. I respect his right to believe it, but I will never accept it for me.

Simply put, I don't think we are as important as the religious would have you believe. I don't think there's a Sky Monster keeping tabs on us, because quite frankly, I think we're not where we need to be in a pecking order of Universal importance.

I would NEVER pay attention to us, if I was the almighty creator of everything. 

Do you realize that as you're reading this, there's a guy out there having sex with a cantaloupe? 

Seriously.

That's how un-evolved we are. A man...very overweight and socially awkward, just warmed up a cantaloupe in his microwave, cut out a hole, and is pounding away on it as he watches Pornhub.com. He's done it so many times, that he knows exactly how long to put it in the microwave for, so it doesn't get too hot.

Why is he doing this?

Is it because The Devil tricked him into having sex with the cantaloupe?

No.

It's because he doesn't know how to talk to women, and he's a genetic train wreck. His excessive over eating and social ineptitude is a result of when he was an alter boy and one of the Sky Monster's Official Representatives used this gentleman as his OWN cantaloupe....no microwave required.

This left his views of sexuality and his trust in other people highly distorted....this was HIS human experience.

The Sky Monster was apparently busy worrying about who found their way into an adult, loving, consensual relationship on those days, and didn't bring his wrath down on his employee for these infractions, though. 

OR, maybe it was Good Friday, and someone was having a Roast Beef sandwich, and he needed to smite them! (Inside Joke)

Both the young man with the lesbian mothers, and the gentleman with the cantaloupe had human experiences that forged who they are today. The Sky Monster didn't play a role in either scenario, except for the fact that he and his organization condemn one of the circumstances, and most likely facilitated a situation in which the other could continuing occurring.

Now, what would be more important to focus our time and energy on....making sure every person out there has a chance to have positive human experiences, or focusing on a supposed punishment from a supposed creator, based on the words of a proven flawed text, the has been responsible for some of the greatest atrocities in the human race?

One left a young man with a positive and successful outlook on life.

The other destroyed a man's life entirely.

My point is, if your Sky Monster isn't going to intervene when an atrocity like child rape is occurring.....I can't take the warnings of his wrath seriously, when two grown people of the same sex, who love each other want to join in some sort of a commitment ritual.

But I guess most importantly, I can't take seriously the words of a book which at it's foundation of doctrine, would stop us from advancing to a higher level as a people.

Bronze Age Hocus Pocus.

I've never seen a bird soar to great heights while it was tied to a rock.