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| Has The World Gone Mad? |
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| For this week's article, I feel I must present a small disclaimer.� What you are about to read may offend or infuriate you, but remember, this is on the OPINION page, and is simply that: my opinion.� I also must make another thing clear: the word "god" will not be spelled with a capital "g," as I do not believe in god at all.� Since god does not exist as far as I'm concerned, I will not capitalize the name.� Now that that is out of the way, enjoy the article! |
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| Towards the beginning of last week, I, as many of you also did, went to buy my textbooks for class.� Also like myself, most of you probably bought your books at the campus bookstore.� After you left the bookstore did any of you look around at all the tables set up?� Sure, we have the Bally Total Fitness table on one side and the Los Angeles Times table right next to it, but after that, all of a sudden one feels like they've entered a strange and fantastic world populated by religious nut jobs. |
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| What is with this campus and religion?� Can't we, as intelligent adults, realize that there is no such thing as god?� For starters, the whole concept of there being a god is ridiculous!� How can someone look at you with a straight face and say there is some man that lives in the sky that sees everyone at all times?� So, essentially, even when I am going to the bathroom to "drop the kids off at the pool," so to speak, god is watching?� What kind of sick voyeuristic fantasy is this? |
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| It is funny to me how supposed righteous people go and pray to some imaginary figure in the hopes that they will be rewarded after they are dead.� How are you going to be rewarded after you die?� The last time I checked, death is when a person ceases to live: their heart stops beating, their brain stops triggering electrical charges, their life simply ends.� What makes you religious nuts think that after you are clinically dead you will be rewarded?� And what in the world makes you believe in a so-called heaven or hell?� The only heaven I know of is a little place in Los Angeles called the Playboy mansion, and I know I probably won't be going there anytime soon! |
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| Seriously though, let's consider the concepts of heaven and hell.� If I live a "good life" (whatever that means), I will be granted to go live in the clouds for the rest of eternity?� Conversely, if I sin I will be doomed to a life underground in hell, where fires and a demon will torture me forever?� Does this seem at all ludicrous to anyone else reading this?� This is so utterly absurd, yet tremendous amounts of people believe it!� Why do so many humans believe in the equivalent of a children's fairy tale? |
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| Let me tell you something: there is no such thing as god, heaven, or hell, just as there were never really any monsters under your bed.� Religion is, simply put, a crutch for people who find strength in numbers.� There is no reward for us after we die, only the fact that our bodies will become food for worms, maggots, and ants (which might actually be heaven for the Greenpeace activists we see around campus)! |
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| I can go on and on with reasons on why religion is a complete fallacy but because of space constraints, I won't.� What I will leave you with, however, is a quote from the great comic George Carlin: "I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood." |
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Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2003, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Letters To The Editor Regarding This Article: |
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God Does Exist |
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(from February 11, 2003) |
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53 Pages Of Responses Regarding This Article On http://www.CollegeClub.com |
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(Responses range from March 1, 2003 to June 12, 2003) (And growing...) |
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