victim deserving of revenge. A free-thinker carries no perverted fantasies,
only bittersweet memories.
The truth is that most of our rational conduct and sober institutions thereof
were constructed in spite of religion, for they specifically refuse to adopt the
hysterical, melodramatic and delusional behavioral tendencies demonstrated
by the characters in every religion and mythological tale and encouraged in
the teachings. There is no “eternal bliss,” so you must value the little
moments of happiness. There is no “eternal punishment,” so you can pay for
a mistake and move on with life.
Hope all you want. Cry as much as you need to, pour your heart out. Do not
keep grief or despair bottled up, nor hold your dreams in abeyance for the
“promised” moment. Living your lifetime to the fullest is the only way we
know that can convert grief into joy. Accumulating knowledge through a
myriad of adventures is about watching dreams churn into reality. Opening
your mind to these unexplored roads in life is the function atheism helps to
perform.
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