Lately as an atheist I find it exceedingly unnecessarily and even counter-intuitive to even speak of atheism, or of religion.<\/p>\n
It’s a treacherous path to walk down, like saying out loud “I am not insecure!”, “I regret nothing!”, “I will not fail”, “I will not be sad!”<\/p>\n
And then silence. The silence crushes you with its indifference, and all that you are left with is the vastness of insecurity, of regret, of failure, and sadness.<\/p>\n
To speak of one’s atheism is to walk down that same treacherous path.<\/p>\n
True atheism (to me), I feel, transcends the need to draw attention to itself. <\/p>\n
It is secure, not not-insecure.
\nIt is acceptance, not not-regret.
\nIt is joy, not not-sadness.
\nIt is love, not not-hate.<\/p>\n
True atheism (names, labels, what does it matter?) isn’t about believing in not-God, it’s about sitting comfortably in the silence. <\/p>\n
And when you stop trying to define it, you realise it is neither one way nor the other, and there is only Love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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