Archive for Atheism
February 26, 2008 at 12:55 am · Filed under Atheism
Every now and then, I get emails telling me to join religious forums, messages from friends telling me to try praying or sometimes I even end up in conversations that has deviated from its original topic and finally down to a point where everyone wants to know why I’m an Atheist, Why I don’t believe, Why I don’t go to a church, Why I never even try praying or even what Atheism really is.
I’m not here to answer all these questions. I’m just trying to get viewpoints from other Atheists who have been riding this band wagon for sometime and is tired of explaining to pretty much everyone around about their Atheism. I’m tired of all the questions, pointing and awkward faces.
Atheists (most of them) are able to adjust with people who are religious. There is nothing wrong with religion, and there is nothing wrong with not believing in religion, AS LONG AS you don’t shove it down someone else’s throat. The problem is when it stops showing us the path through our lives and we attempt to influence others with it. I have come to a point of neutrality, which is simply this. Worship (or chose not to) and let worship (or chose not to). This is easy for most weak atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other non-believers to accept and practice. Every so called “nice” believer might also take this co-existing path. Then, why is it so hard for An Atheist to do things his way? Read the rest of this entry »
January 3, 2008 at 8:57 pm · Filed under Atheism, Bangalore, Biking
Atheists have always been at the forefront of rational thinking and beacons of enlightenment, here’s my way of Standing Out. I just got myself a new helmet with custom design. It has my title “Atheist” with a chineze-wappaneze font (glows in the dark too) =]
Atheists are far more numerous than most people realize. They are everywhere! The bus you take in the morning, your office, the cab driver, and even more possibly, in your family. 90% of my readers are Atheists. I had conducted a survey previously which gave me disturbing results. Read the rest of this entry »
December 27, 2007 at 12:31 am · Filed under Atheism, Bangalore, Christianity, Friends
I received an email from Dad from Bahrain on christmas eve for the first time in a very long time and at first, I thought it was a christmas wish –until I clicked it open. I knew my dad wouldn’t dare wish me for christmas and I was right. My Atheism is what made us not see eye to eye; so if he values god more than family relationships, then be it. Instead, it contained this….
From: Dad
Subject: Fw: Scan Data from FX-262344
Dear Mr Ruben,
Today there is a card for you from US. Scan copy attached. The cover is
Red in colour.
Short and to the point (whats there to talk between us anyway). Someone sent a card to my Bahrain address and dad scanned it and mailed it over. Its not like him to do this, but whatever. I downloaded the attached scan data and opened it. To my surprise, it was this… Read the rest of this entry »
December 23, 2007 at 5:19 pm · Filed under Atheism, Bahrain, Christianity, Family, Old Blogs - Yahoo! 360, Religion, Sequels
Lets go back in time to December of 2002, and we will return to the Part 3 of my original blog entry for December 25, 2006.
The story of a Catholic Teenager turned Atheist - finale
Silence, Reverence, & Peace…
The hallmarks of a Church. I just wish that the new age understood this before they had decided to take their previously unexpressed teenage angst and inflict it upon the Church and Christianity. I lived and still live amongst Christians. I understand Christianity much better than most of the true believers out there. After spending 12 years in bible classes, many years of church every single day (when I lived in Bahrain) & rest of the years, I visited church only on Sundays (after coming back to India). My knowledge about what I am and what I wanted to become was at a turning point. I had my path chosen already. The path of god. No, I wasn’t going to be a priest. I wanted to be out there helping people. The poor, those who are hungry, those who lack spirit. To give them strength, hopes for a better tomorrow. But my faith was to be put to an ultimate test. Read the rest of this entry »
December 20, 2007 at 12:03 am · Filed under Atheism, Hate, Religion, Sequels
It is that time of the year when Atheists around the world prepare to not welcome the cold, commercialized, false cheeriness, horrible hugs, wishes and fake smiles that mask the underlying social-political back stabbing–also known as Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
December 14, 2007 at 11:48 am · Filed under Atheism, Bangalore, College Life
This is just one of my many “OUT-ing” in my college;
So, its November 2007 & my first semester in college. I had eyes on me for over a week after this incident. What is he playing at? Is he out of his mind? How can he talk to teachers like that? Ruben Babu, the atheist–someone who doesn’t believe in God. An anticleric. A disrespecter of religion. A mocker of Christianity, became popular by a matter of minutes.
An Atheist, being stared at like something vile. Someone like, oh, Diderot (”Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest“). Or Voltaire (”The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning“). Or Bertrand Russell (”The Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world“)….
Unfortunately, I’m no Bertrand Russell…. For one thing, Russell was an energetic anti-religious propagandist, while I have a low opinion of God and my fans are confined to my blog entries. With that day, I achieved what I wanted. The after effects of the day are still something I’d have to wait for.
As I walk into a room full of people, I want everyone to know that my mind is not in sync with their belief system. Once you come OUT, you’ll feel liberated, and your example will encourage others to COME OUT too. I’m not like your average blogger, who blogs his fantasies and lives a totally different life. I write what I did and what I will do. I put my words into motion in real life because the last few years taught me that Action is indeed louder that words.
This is what happened; Read the rest of this entry »
August 15, 2007 at 1:51 am · Filed under Atheism, News & Update
Namaste Everyone!
I’m a proud Indian Atheist. Today, India is celebrating her 60th year of freedom. India was founded as a Secular nation. meaning, no religion is favored over another. BUT, this is not what we see everyday. Read the rest of this entry »
August 7, 2007 at 4:12 am · Filed under Atheism
I’ve waited for ever to write about this. This inspirational youthful song just makes me want to believe in God. To have an Awesome God on my side would truly be, Awesome. Everyone, please take 4 minutes & 55 seconds to watch this video. Its The Awesome God & its one of the few videos that I play everyday on my IPod.
Like I promised in my previous post, I’ll talk about Atheist Morals. I was curious when I asked my Christian friend, “What does it feel like to believe in God?” Her response was a simple, “safe.” . I’d love to have that awesome feeling for the rest of my life, but I simply chose not to live in a delusion. I hope you have watched the video, lets continue..
According to the above video, God’s qualities are… Read the rest of this entry »
August 5, 2007 at 2:41 am · Filed under Atheism
I had a discussion with a Christian yesterday and our conversation moved on to a topic that ended in me trying to explain a quote that I really love.
She had many questions about Atheism but she was more curious about an Atheist Quote that I randomly used.
 I contend that we are both atheists. I just go one god further than you. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
-Stephen Robert
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I gave her only the first half of this quote since I wasn’t trying to disprove her God. I was expecting her show signs of discomfort for calling her an Atheist but to my surprise, Her immediate response to it was that she does not understand what it means to say “I just go one god further than you“.
That was when it hit me. I see Atheist quotes & phrases on bumper stickers, T-shits and graffiti all the time and always thought that It was also read and understood by the Theists who walk the same path. But it never occurred to me that they do not understand what it means.
I explained it to her and she understood the quote the same way Atheists do (way to go, me!). Here I’ll try to elaborate on the quote so that more Christians would understand the quote that she herself asked me to post on my web-log. But first, its time to define Atheism & Theism. Read the rest of this entry »
August 2, 2007 at 11:02 am · Filed under Atheism, Media
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the huge response in my previous post. I’ve responded to your comments, so be sure to check it out after this little update.
I received this email in July when my website was still in production. Its from Brent Phelps, the Associate Producer of Quick Flix TV Show & they want to broadcast one of my videos I uploaded to YouTube. I was quite occupied with work and I never had much chance to do any research on it. [click here for a screenshot of the email]
Frankly, I was a bit excited about my videos on TV Read the rest of this entry »
