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Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.....
written by Carl Sagan
I am Chango, purveyer of cheesy one-liners, dumpster-diver for knowledge and consumer of fine beverages that are beyond my income tax bracket. I can look at the night sky and wonder, then go inside and laugh at a 10 year old's fart jokes. I can read a scientific analysis of a Homo Erectus ulna, then roll it up and smoke it. I can out-ride, out shoot and out fight any man alive, as long it's on the Xbox and I now spend most days at a desk trying to dodge work as much as possible and often times wish I was back in my more "interesting" parts of life. I've seen a lot of death and horror in my short life, but I survived it and the scars have more or less healed, so it's all good.
This is my philosophy of life which is subject to change tomorrow, so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
So what else is in my head?
My left brain says I'm a hairless bipedal ape who is the result of millions of years of evolution. All religions are man-made institutions, there is no such thing as "magic" and we are barely above animals in both our perspectives and behaviors. Science is currently our best hope of understanding our place in the universe, though it sometimes falls short and fails to adequately answer the "big questions".
But on the other side of my cranial boxing ring, my right brain says there is something more...
The universe and all that exists is really far more dynamic, grander in scope, complexity, and sheer beauty than we can imagine. Despite all we think we know, I can feel deep down that we are more than just what we appear to be on the surface. We are currently only scratching the surface of reality scientifically and when it comes down to it, we honestly don't have the slightest inkling of what we really are. Religions are attempts to give meaning to that deep rooted piece of human intuition, and science ignores it all together. Both ways are ultimately right and wrong, from a certain point of view.
In the end, I believe it can somehow all makes sense, and I hope I will one day grow into something greater that is capable of undertanding, though not necessarily in my current form. Until the big flush, I guess I'll have to just wait and see.
Other people are not my property, and I am not theirs.
I like that!
I love one liners too! Here's another one I like by Voltaire...
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
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