I grow weary of Atheism

You see I've pretty much always been non-theistic. I've enjoyed cultural aspects of the religion I was raised with, but I was never particularly fond of the preachings themselves and I quickly tired of them and convinced my immediate family that it was a waste of a time. So I was raised in a fairly secular household. 


Now I've happily allowed myself to be swept away in this most wonderful Atheist movement, and it's truly been a pleasure. I've read innumerable posts on the Project-Reason web forum, watched every Sam Harris debate, I read constant articles on Reddit.com/r/atheism, I thoroughly enjoyed the Hitchens v. Blair debate, and so on. In other words I've recently steeped myself in all things Atheism. And in the process I've also cultivated a new found love for math and science, so it's been great. But the whole idea of Atheism is beginning to strike me as unproductive. Granted someone should fight the established systems of religion, they are far too volatile and far too powerful, but I don't think it's enough. I think the Atheist movement is inherently stagnant (if it is to be a movement as it seems Dawkins and the Atheist community promote). The argument against religion is too paramount to the Atheistic movement, it's the central focus, and yet that creates just as little progress as religions themselves, not to mention it doesn't make for much substance to get behind. And I would like to make the appeal to reason that there is something more to inspire the youth of this world and those who are "on the fence" about religion to rally together about. The Atheist argument is simply the negation of the current system, but it fails to instate a new premise. And if any movement is going to actually make waves and make a ripple it needs to promote progress and not simply negate the current failings, the old adage "if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all" comes to mind. But I've found that this is not the case of the Atheists (in general), though I often find them engaging in heated battles about the mythology of religion, I also find that they are group consumed with the consumption of knowledge, the promotion of Reason and Logic, notions of civil equality and many other good things (which many theists would have you believe are sentiments which are produced primarily by a faith in their particular god). So I think it's time people stop coming and saying what they Aren't and start coming out and expressing what they are.

Vox Populi

I recently wrote an entry about overpopulation being a very pressing issue. I deleted that article. Not because I don't think overpopulation isn't a pressing issue, rather because I think there is something much more important . And that is global communication. I think the biggest problem with the world today is that there are great lines of communication, but the signal is fuzzy. Yes, I believe that if there was a way to disseminate information from the people who are most knowledgeable about it to the people who most need that knowledge, we could truly solve all the worlds problems. The best way to start is to build a network that can provide completely democratic, user based solutions. Of course it would have to be (at least in the beginning) invite only, so that the proper community of moderators and operators can build itself from the inside out.