My Apologies

I sincerely apologize for my recent absence from the site, I dislocated my finger a few weeks ago, and typing has been quite the chore for me. With many midterms and other college papers, I have just bee swamped. But alas, I am still an atheist, and I do not think my finger injury was a sign from god. It happened during a pickup basketball game with my friends, completely inadvertent, but very very painful. Anyways, it is better now, I can type with some efficiency and little pain, so I thought a blog post was well in order.

To get things swinging again, I thought I would bring up a recent revelation I've had, one that comes from the enlightening position of being an atheist at a Catholic college. When I think about all the crazy, wild, stupid things that college students do, even "Catholic" ones, I realize that these people can't actually be Catholics, or at least believe it to the T. The way the drink, party, talk to each other, treat each other, treat their school work, they just can't believe the entire Catholic Church doctrine. I'm not saying they are a bunch of bad people, but it just seems that they haven't thought it all through. I know so many people who believe that the God of the Bible (which one?) actually exists, yet they break the 10 Commandments all the time. Honestly, if you believe this all knowing, all powerful, ever present being exists, then shouldn't you be doing everything you can to do what he/she/it says?

Yet, it's like they take it only on the surface. They believe it so they can be part of the religious community, or because their family raised them that way, or because they want to go to Heaven. But, its not the type of thing you want to do a half-ass job at. Either you listen to everything Jesus said and follow it exactly, or nothing at all. How can so many people go halfway on these things. It's like they never fully have thought it through. And,  if they actually took the time to fully examine their beliefs and investigate the claims they have been accepting, then perhaps they may realize what I, and so many others have: there is just not enough reason to believe. Even if they took the time to investigate, and they still believe, at least they can understand their faith better now, and realize that it is just that: faith.

If you really believe that God exists, wouldn't you do everything you possibly could to praise and please him. The Bible sure thinks so, yet so many "Christians" take it only half way. They believe what they want to believe, and they ignore what they don't. If they could only step back and see what is going on there, perhaps they would realize the paradox of their beliefs.