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I AM AN ATHEIST

By Benishan


Yes I am an atheist and I do not believe. I do not believe in an omnipresent, omnipotent and all-knowing supreme power who gave me this life and this world so that he can assort and assign heaven or hell. I do not believe in spending each day with a pseudo fear of being judged on the basis of my deeds. I do not believe in getting rid of all the sins by taking a dip, touching a stone or confessing it. I do not believe in a person who claims to be spiritual and yet seems materialistic. I do not believe in the theory where everything is destined to happen and yet the onus of it lies with me instead of the god who decided it for me.


If god’s existence is true, I understand the world in a different way as god does. I understand being hungry and therefore I happily feed a poor instead of offering it to the god who created that poor. I understand suffering and I do not find any reason to make people suffer on the way to a shrine. I understand the hard work and efforts that it takes to make something beautiful and it is incomprehensible for me to see how god is letting this earth to be ruined.


I do not believe in a god who is supposedly flawless because he isn’t. He gave speech to most of us but voice to few. He gave heart to all but understanding of love to few. He gave sight to almost everyone and vision to you. He made mistakes that looked small but sadly they weren’t. He couldn’t segregate animals and humans or there would have been no rapes. He failed as a creator, mentor and parent otherwise there would have been no religion, no class, no boundaries and no caste.


I am not countering those who believe in god. I am countering the beliefs that that has established in the name of god. I oppose the fact that god has been reduced to a luxury that people with money can afford to have. I am defying the hatred that religion has infused in the minds and hearts of the people. I am against the power struggle in the name of religion.




I do not claim to be fearless. I do not claim to be the supreme. I am mere human and that’s the only thing I believe and profess. I live in the present free from the worries of future and guilt of the past. My faith lies with me. I am an atheist but I believe in doing something good to others, I believe in humanity and this is my religion, my belief and my identity.

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