May the force be with you and shit...

Before I get into my usual eloquent rant tonight, I just wanted to point out the title and how my birthday just happens to fall on the release this year. I have been a Star Wars fan since before I remember. I would pretend to be sick in grade school so my mom would let me stay home and I'd watch almost the entire trilogy each time (lying, Return was my favorite and most watched!) I collected cards, dolls, figures, micro machines, lightsabers, and even a Wicket plush toy! A nerd before nerds were internet cool. So... yay!

A few months ago I went to church with the family. I believe it was Easter. I've discussed my atheism a tidbit, but I think my ma usually thinks that I am "searching" and some other mumbo jumbo. Well, my wife (who is christian) pointed out to my mom at this church service that I am pretty deep into this "evil" atheism stuff. At that point my mom and dad wanted to know how I thought the universe and this and that came to be. My mom also asked me to "make my own dirt." At some point I discussed the multi-universe and how it could be possible some beings so advanced in science accidentally created our universe. The triggered a scoff from my father and then a "you've been watching Star Wars too much."

I'm an easy going guy and enjoy a good debate, especially when I win. I just was a little uneasy with that being sprung on me like that. I feel like I should care less about it being in a church, but if many others around heard the convo that might have gotten a little rough. The church was already suffering controversy from a long time pastor that even I looked up to at one point or another. I looked around expecting a "they let damn atheist in here now. This church is going to hell!"

Really I have gotten a mixed bag of responses from my atheism. Parents like I said think I'm just lost and will come back,  and point out I'm an agnostic. My co-workers have debated me for years, they think I'm a good guy and will come around eventually, and that I'm an agnostic. My wife understands I think agnostic is a dumb word and thinks I'm evil... Hey, if the devil and Jesus haven't killed each other after a couple thousand years, I think we'll be just fine!

I've got theories and like to come up with different goofy scenarios for our existence, with or without god(s). One I talk about a lot is the bible being a historic novel. Written by potentially one or many others, much like with movies today where there is the same characters throughout but created by different people, much like Star Wars, Star Trek, Bond, and Harry Potter. It seems like people think that at some point in history we started to create out of the desire just to entertain, but before that point everything was truth based. I am willing to admit that Jesus could be an actual real person. He could have been at a lot of the locations with the people mentioned. He could have done many of the actions described and been just like what was written, but people lie, even in those days.  You have a book about sin and the horrible things that people do, well except for the people that wrote it. They had no agenda. They only told the truth. They weren't creative people. They only wrote non-fiction and factual information. They didn't write poetically with metaphors and say things but mean other things. They aren't hard to understand. They were as clear on all they were trying to say.

The bible is a collection of stories written long ago to entertain. Someone turned them into truth and began to judge and control people with them. What better way to keep people in line than to convince them that some being is watching them and won't just say "tsk, tsk," he fucking throws you in a lake of fire for all eternity and watches you burn. "Jimmy don't touch the cookies, and remember God is watching and will fuck you up if you don't listen." Little Jimmy has imagination and does not want to get fucked up...

Agnostic Apologetics and shit!

One hell of a shitty word. It's lost its meaning to me somewhere along the line. You know when you repeat a word over and over and then it just sounds weird. Agnostic sounds weird to me. I only know the word from debates.

Religious people love to throw the word around. I'm not sure why, maybe they feel better about you. Even though it is not their god at least you believe in one. Somehow not believing in a god is worse then believing in a god that wants to reboot every few thousand years by killing off his creations. I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it, am I right...

Maybe it makes them feel better about themselves. Misery loves company, although they will swear they love serving some egotistical bastard their whole life. Is Jesus a bastard? That one is too hard to figure out, but God is still one since he has no father. Did God create himself? Is he his own father? I mean other than he being the father of Jesus, himself. Jesus, I'm confused. It sure is awesome that the bible got society ready for Jerry Springer. Well done, God...

It seems I went on a tangent there a bit. Oh, yes, agnostic. I had to read the title again. During debates, I admit that I believe that there is a minor possibility that I could be wrong about there not being any god. Making a 100% claim in my eyes would be such a mistake at this point. While I believe there is zero evidence of a god existing, that does not mean that there cannot be some unimaginable god that man has not lied into existence. There are many religions and many types of gods among them, but if a god exists man does not know this god...

So, I am called an agnostic even though I claim atheism. Called something enough I will first deny the horrid accusations and then eventually look it up. I understand atheism to be the claim that one does not believe a god exists and agnostic to be the claim that one cannot know whether or not there is a god...

I believe that everyone is agnostic. No one is 100% sure that god exists or doesn't. Any little second guess of what you think you believe means you're agnostic. Hey religious people out there, you're agnostic! How does that make you feel?!

Agnostic is a copout. All humans are agnostics but not all agnostics are humans! Does the word agnostic make any more sense to you?

First post and shit...

If you know me in the real world or online, then you already know that I have a boring blog that has been untouched for over a year at jonbze.com. Let's hope this one doesn't go to "hell" as well. Yup, be prepared for puns and other really bad jokes, but mostly at the expense of the religious so it's all good.

Now, if you would, imagine a world without gods. Oh, wait, that's what we live in. Let me start again. Imagine a world with a god, OK, specifically with God. Ah... the Abrahamic one to be more specific. The Christian one, I guess or whatever.

So remember, we are pretending he is real, along with the other stuff in that great book of his. The devil (are you supposed to capitalize devil?), his henchmen and God's henchmen all exist in this realm of imagination! I hear that they are battling, like right now, for souls and stuff. Like you can't tell it's going on, but people swear it is happening right this second. If I close my eyes real tight to the point of hurting myself I can see a female goblin fighting cherubs and a witch fighting an archangel. This pics serve as reference to whatever the hell I'm talking about. Click the pics for interesting b.s. on the matter.

OK, so we have magical things flying about us pictured in our heads right? Now imagine this battle plays out. Either God is having fun messing with the demons and the devil, or he is not capable of stopping this battle. Think about God as not being all powerful, all knowing, infinite and all everything or another. He obviously is not or is, the good book is kind of confusing about stuff like this. So, humor me on this, let's say this battle plays out and God loses. The devil and his minions take over heaven. First off, is that really some place you still want to go? Now, I would imagine that the devil is less compassionate (more compassionate based on your interpretation of the Bible). Being less (more) compassionate the devil kills God. Would you even know? What if you think you are praying to God in heaven and someone else actually has taken his spot? 

Alright, I know none of this is possible. I mean cherubs fighting, that would never happen, but then again with God anything is possible, thus this fiction I just wrote is definitely possible!