Skepticism - Tumblr Posts
With everything I do regarding my theism and related believes I take a moment to consider: If everything I believe right now is bullshit, is what I’m doing still reasonable? Does it still help me? Does it hurt anyone? And I think that is a really important thing to do.
On "Why are so many atheists leftists?"
Atheism essentially means that you're not convinced that there is a god. That's IT.
So atheism ISN'T necessarily synonymous with leftism, yes.
...However, skepticism often goes hand-in-hand with atheism.
And skepticism is a great way to understand reality.
And Leftism tends to grow out of both an understanding of reality, and a desire to make that reality better.
Therefore: it makes sense that a lot of people who are BOTH atheist, and skeptically-minded, would tend to be leftists/anti-capitalists, and/or humanists.
People who are just atheists can be whatever else they like! They can even be conservative.
It really depends on whether or not they care if what they believe and if the facts that they know are true, and, whether or not they care about other people and the world in general.
“Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible to see ultimate things: their existence is only to be inferred.”
— Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice (via thirdity)
I feel like this piece requires some explanation. This piece was done for an assignment called “What’s on your mind” and at the suggestion of a friend I decided to do my piece about my experience as a skeptic of religion. I want to be absolutely clear that this piece is not meant to be an insult to any religion symbolized here. In fact, it is a self-deprication of my inability to understand religion. The geometric halo represents my rigid black-and-white (true or false) way of thinking. Even as I “dissect” various belief systems, I have trouble grasping fundamental concepts, such as “faith”. I also noticed during the process of making this piece that openly skeptical views are far more likely to draw dirty looks and the like than mainstream religious views. Somehow, that makes this piece even more important to me.
Thank you for your understanding.
The world can be a dark place full of fear and sadness, there are people trapped in the dark far away from light, but there are people like me and you who know how hard it can be to be trapped only seeing that dark, Being overwhelmed, trapped, drowning, in the dark, That's why we are gonna do our best to be someone's light, be someone's candle guide in the long dark hallway that is life, let your warmth inspire others, be someone's sunshine!