I am dating myself here, but back in 1997, I had a Geocities page. Remember Geocities? Anyhow, on one section of that page, I had a brief summary of my thoughts on religion. Mostly, that summary was a justification for why I did not believe in god and why I believed that society did (initially and on an ongoing basis). It was written when I was 18 years old. However, my thoughts on religion have since evolved. While I still wholeheartedly believe much of what I wrote in that summary, my further studies and experiences no longer allow me to ignore how harmful religion is to society and to each individual believer.
I cannot possibly fit all of my thoughts and every topic that I want to discuss about religion in one blog post. I could write hundreds of individual blog posts on this subject, and I probably will. Therefore, I am starting a blog dedicated to religion rather than throwing intermittent posts about religion into my main blog.
Some, but not all, of the topics that I plan to discuss, in no particular order, are:
- Religion’s violent past.
- Religion’s violent preachings.
- Religion as a justification for prejudice and bigotry.
- Religion’s reflection of the views and laws of the people it was created by, thus being applicable at the time of inception but useless, irrelevant, and/or harmful to modern society.
- My default perception of someone who is religious.
- The harm in teaching religion to children.
- Why religion sticks.
- Why it is not better to live as if there is a god when one is unsure.
- The integrity of any of the teachings when even believers pick and choose which to adhere to.
- Morality without religion.
- Religion and sexual repression.
- My own religious past and background.
Stay tuned. I lead a busy life with a career, family, friends, pets, volunteer work, and other interests and responsibilities, but I do intend to make time to update this blog. Because of religion’s ongoing harm, I cannot stay silent to its atrocities.
They say that in order for a blogger to maintain sanity, he or she must ignore all blog comments. I may have to institute that philosophy at some point, but for now, I welcome any and all feedback, including suggestions for topics you would like me to discuss.
Love and enlightenment,
White Nebula
