This is an article about Atheism, which makes no attempt to prove or disprove either.
Atheism
You are sitting by the lagoon, yet again another day. Looking at the waves which reflects the bluish sky. Waves are not big, rather small hence, let you observe what is happening. Suddenly a school of fish jump to the surface of water, and make it splash. They are swimming as fast as they can and surely hunted by a larger fish. They did not find space in the vast lagoon to hide hence they broke the surface in an attempt to fly. And some did, over generations and that was how the flying fish had evolved. Yet they were hunted by the birds up above? Why is nature so cruel? You ask yet again for the 100th time for the day. Where is justice, where is God?
Sin cycle - Guillotine of crabs
It reminded you of the crabs. When you were little, you liked to work in the garden with your mother. And there were plenty of little tree branches, where king fishers come and join when you unearth the weed. As freshly unearthed soil has plenty of tiny creatures for them to hunt. Worms were unfortunate. You suddenly heard a Noice, a definite thud on the tree. When you turn around you saw king fisher holding a crab. There were plenty of crabs on the nearby field and it had just hunted one. Now the easy part, yet the bird cannot swallow the crab. It has jaws and limbs which are getting in the way. And it started to vigorously hit the crab on the tree branch, many times until all its limbs were broken, and the crab was swallowable. And that was the Noice you heard, sound of the crab when it hit against the tree branch. Its limbs were broken one by one, and the king fisher swallowed the body whole. Did it even taste nice? You just watched the movie without any judgment as you did not understand the nature. Not yet. Once the king fisher flew away you went under the tree and observe countless limbs of numerous crabs. This was not the first time the king fisher ate a crab, and even the tree branch was smooth making it apparent that it was the Guillotine of hundreds of crabs. There were ants gathered around the fresh limbs of the unfortunate crab.
You never liked crabs; they were aesthetically unpleasing to the eyes. They even walk from side to side. Like cockroaches, they make you a little afraid. Yet the king fisher was a glorious bird, one of the most colorful in the neighborhood. Ants were too small for you to give a value to keep in the spectrum of animals. Yet if given a choice of preference you would put them in between king fisher and the crab. And you think about this for a moment to realize maybe That is the same way the "God" was thinking when he created crabs and the king fishers in the same neighborhood. Or was it just the random chance? It is somehow unfortunate to be a crab in the situation, whoever decided that it should be. Maybe the crab had some sins, which he is paying for in this crab life. But while someone pay their sins, the king fisher is making more sins? That also seems unnatural or cruel. You wonder if that is the situation what would you do if you are a king fisher. You would rather die in hunger and end the cycle and be eternal. But how can the crab ever pay for its sins then. It will be a crab until it meets another unfortunate blue bird. It seems logical yet somethings are missing from the argument. Why create this F----ing cruel King fishers and the crabs in the first place? Who is the mad creator? Maybe it is wrong.
What is the alternative?
You realize that you have been looking at the crab and the King fisher and Ants in an objective point of view. Like there is some truth out there to understand in it. However, you realize there is another way to look at it. Instead of looking outside, with a bravery of a lion, you look inside. From a point of view of a subjective reality. You see the process and observe What it is.
Subjective point of view - Mindfulness
You are just sitting by the lagoon. You just saw some fish coming up to the surface breaking the waves. Then that just ended. Next you were in your own imagination, linking the memories of the past. The crab and the King fisher were just your imagination. So, is the past self of you. There is no crab, no King fisher now. The world is just in front of you. Rest is just a memory, which is essential for you to understand the current. Apart from that, the interaction of the King fisher, with the crab was just some neutral thing which you observed in the past. Just like when you saw it as a kid, just an instance of time. There is no value or meaning which you can gain from this shadow of mind no matter how much argues. And maybe the God as well as Atheism also like the King fisher and the Crab.
You were interrupted by a couple who walk by. And realize it is late, and things are getting darker. You head home with a little memory to talk with yourself in the future.
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