Maybe for now I’ll just change my byline away from “I run therefore I am…” to something less specific. I am also going to change my theme yet again. And I’ll keep changing it until I find something I like.
I want to start posting some controversial and maybe even adversarial stuff about religion and science but I am hesitating. I don’t want to be adversarial, but that is how most religious people view anything contradicting their beliefs, and to be fair, also the same can be said of some non-believers. On one hand, I am afraid of offending people and of being stereotyped as a bad person for challenging some really basic core beliefs and even of making enemies out of friends. On the other hand, I feel compelled to at least try to counter what I believe is a dangerous attack on our society by otherwise well-meaning people who seem consumed by their own evangelical fervor.
It is a very difficult decision to go public with my own thoughts on the evolution versus creation controversy. You see how I am reluctantly skirting around my decision to begin posting my views on this from the title of this post. I asked myself, should I keep quiet and be nice and snug and warm – safe in my isolation? Or should I take courage and speak out publicly, thus making myself the target of people’s opinion for good or bad? Should I stand for the courage of my convictions, or should I let wrongs remain wrongs and not try to alter them in any way?
I have decided to stand for the courage of my convictions. I know I will be ostracized for a lot of my posts by the Christian religious community. But I think it is essential that they be shown how wrong they are about damn near everything. Obviously I am speaking in huge generalities about their religious beliefs, most of which are immoral and warped beyond belief. I will not be dwelling much about other religions because Christianity is the only one I am familiar with. According to the interpreters of Christianity, I will probably roast in hell for all eternity.
That is certainly not my goal.
