Sunday, November 22, 2009

Delusion of Faith

Albert Einstein once said, “Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes here for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men- above all for those smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.” While I am sure he had no idea that one day this quote would be used as a small part of the book, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins; he also had no idea that this would be come my purpose in life. He also, of course has no idea I will, do, continue to exist. I’m an African American intellectual, someone who chose to walk away from the church after years of pain, disillusionment and anger. Wait, scratch that. I walked away because my faith was a delusion and nothing more than that. I know that for most people when they leave the church they do it after a traumatic event. I’ve had plenty of those, they always made me cling to my religion as a source of strength. Sort of like a child suckles its mothers breast when frightened. Some would say that my faith has changed because I was influenced by the devil, if this is true than god is not great, and the devil is actually more powerful. I say this because for at least two years, everyone prayed. Apparently god forgot to pick up, that or I am destined to go straight to the fiery depths of hell.
I have to say aswell that if god is infact real, I want nothing to do with him.