Live and let live.

A few days ago I got into an argument with my brother. It stared innocently enough, we were catching up on things and then he told me he met a girl want who shared his spiritual views. Which I found rather curious because the last discussion I had he was badgering me to read the bible (I've read it multiple times from cover to cover) since I obviously don't understand the glory of god. So I asked him to explain to me what being spiritual meant to him. He basically spewed the same stuff he did last time and then accused me of "hating on him" when I said that he was saying the same things those who cherry pick their holy books for "good" stuff did. Needless to say this didn't go over well with him and after being insulted for 2 hours straight I came to he conclusion that he simply could not keep an open mind to things that dispute nay outright disprove the things he purports to believe in.

Now I wonder why I bothered talking to him after he belittled me last time in the name of his beliefs. I realise that some people seem to consider their belief in god to be a major part of their identity and refuse to understand why someone else i.e. me won't believe in god. There are a few reason for this lack of evidence being a major part but on the other hand I do not need him, I find no comfort in the imaginary nor are the any answers to be found in religion

Our relationship became strained when he discovered that I was a non believer. Oh he pretended that nothing changed but gradually after that he kept trying to find subtle (subtlety is not his strong point) ways of bringing god into our daily conversations which ended in our first argument where he claimed that my very survival and current happiness was due to him praying for me. My own effort had absolutely nothing to do with this of course because it was god who was feeling my pain for me and god who made the decisions that shaped who I am today.

How utterly arrogant...why can't he see and appreciate the parts of me that have nothing to do with my lack of belief in a deity? Have I no value to anyone without that?

The start of the happiness generator.

I realize that I have not updated this blog in quite sometime and there are a few reasons for this. Mostly I've been dealing with some crushing depression and I didn't really feel like I had all that much to share with the world. This situation was not helped at all by all the bad news I've been reading from around the world.

Today I came across this thread on Cracked.com and I thought it was a brilliant idea. The media loves to bombard us with the worst humanity has to throw at us so its no wonder that many of us begin to view other people as beings filled with barely contained violence, hatred & bigotry. From today I shall try to post at least one heart warming story a day. Just a little fix to restore your faith in humanity.

And to start it off here's a puppy =3

Isn't he/she just the cutest thing ever <3