Quote Originally Posted by Kfamr
I do not need religion or such a belief in my life to be happy or to wake up in the morning. I choose to live life based on today, not worrying about what is going to happen when I die.
I can relate very much to that statement. I believe that I control what I do in life, and my that my actions have not been planned before I was even born by somebody else.

I actually come from quite a religious background on my father's side. My grandmother is devoted to Christianity, and she actually doesn't know I'm an atheist. I have heard her talking about the Christian faith and been to the Salvation Army with her occasionally since I was very young, and after listening to a lot of what she believed, I started to doubt the reality of things. When I was in primary school and started religious studies and discovered other religions, I didn't see how different people could all believe different things but still believe they are right. As time has gone on, and as I've learnt more and more, the more I don't want to be religious. I've found many readings in not only the Bible but other Holy books aswell that do not make reasonable sense to me. For now, I'm quite comfortable with being an atheist.

That being said, I do have a deep respect for those who practice their religion in full faith, there is nothing wrong at all with that. I do find some aspects of religions quite interesting and it is good to know about other faiths. One of the things I cannot stand at all though, are people who try to force religion down your throat, with threats of going to hell and trying to force me to purify my evil soul. I've met a couple of people like that in my life and quite frankly they are no more Christian than I am. When people believe what they want to believe without trying to influence everyone else, I have no problem whatsoever with that.