An Atheist Sick of the Theological Debate

Yes, that's me that I'm talking about.

It's not my cup of tea and I'm on the verge of denouncing the atheist label altogether because in essence one can't shake the impending question: "God or no god?" This is the burden that being an atheist entails; arguing the non-existence of a god or gods. Truthfully I don't give a shit. Reading commentary going back and forth between evolutionists and creationists makes me want to vomit. Why? It gets us nowhere in the grander scheme of things that encompass all humanity. Sure, I don't mind those debating the issue to debate it, but in my opinion it completely skirts real, mundane issues of our time. After all, this debate has been going on for millennia. And how has it changed? This debate? Thank you.

For instance let's talk about the real and mundane issues I speak of and start with one polarizing topic heatedly contested by religious conservatives and liberal secularists alike.

Abortion.

If not for the religious minded and faithful thumping their "good" book asserting that abortion is wrong* by the word of a god we wouldn't be having a counter argument coming from the more liberal voices of society asserting that it is the womans choice. This leads me to believe that it's not about abortion at all but about womens liberation. The bible has plenty to say about the roles of women. I need not elaborate. Religious conservatives seek to outlaw abortion solely based on their interpretation of their bible as constituting law.

Another issue is education and specifically the teaching of evolution. Devout creationists see the theory of evolution as a slap in the face of god.** Why? Don't anybody answer that. Here's my take though. The teaching of evolution invariably caused an uproar within the religious community, not because of the theory itself but because of the public secular education establishment teaching it to "their" children.

Holy shit! You mean to tell me that these people got their panties in a bunch over this? Sadly yes. We don't want children to become "wayward" of their parents teachings and those of the religious establishments they adhere to. Why not? What is so bad about breaking the mold and venturing forth into the REAL world? In my opinion "the church" is a stagnant do-nothing body of...conservatism. If one adheres to the tenants of ones faith through a book that remains "eternal" then there really is no room for real progress in the social scheme of things.

A "Christian nation". What? Your average fundie is going to go on and on about how this country was founded as a Christian nation. Well they'll hate Jefferson for longing that he'd have liked to have seen King George be strangled with the entrails of his priests.***

What has all of this to do with me being sick of the theological debate? Because it is wholeheartedly a NON-ISSUE! Let them believe and have "faith" in whatever floats that boat.

I am a SECULARIST.

*Nowhere in the bible is abortion addressed as constituting murder. Not literally.
**In fact the theory of evolution makes no mention of god or a creator and therefore is not an attack against any god. The attack comes from the faithful who typically interpret anything they read to suit whatever premise or indoctrinated motives they hold.
***Paine, like Jefferson, was a product of the Enlightenment who sincerely believed there was a natural order of perfect freedom and equality that had been hijacked by medieval kings and priests.