What I Love About Religion As An Atheist (Part I)
Before we start, let me just quickly clear out that this post is in no way intended to offend anyone's personal religious views or morals. I know this is something that you shouldn't have to explain, but these days you never know who you might offend.
This post includes my own personal views about religion and what I love about it, as a non-believer. Yes, it's possible to love individual parts of something that you don't believe in as a whole.
You don't have to believe in something to appreciate its artistic nature.
Beautiful Architecture
Perhaps the easiest and the least controversial thing to love about religion are the remarkably beautiful and extremely well-designed architectural buildings including cathedrals, churches, gurdwaras, temples and mosques.
It's amazing how the paintings and the detailed carvings in some of these buildings has survived for so many centuries. A great example of how people in the past built things to last.
Imagine the amount of engineering and labor work that went in the construction of these projects. It's massive when compared to the buildings of today which let's be honest, though are taller, don't look half as good as these architectural marvels.
Focus On Spirituality
Practice of spirituality is something that all of us need especially in the highly materialistic world of today. Fortunately, spirituality is the core of every religion as it teaches its followers the value of reuniting with your own inner self.
This might sound really weird coming from an atheist, but I do honestly think that religion is probably the best way we can get the majority to willingly involve themselves into practicing self-discovery.
Furthermore, practicing spirituality also helps develop a healthy lifestyle as it involves meditation which makes you calmer, more focused, more attentive and aware, and gives you the ability to deal with stressful situations, which quite frankly, all of us really need.
Continue reading:
- The 3D Problem Of The Millennial Generation
- Strangers In The Sky - The Fermi Paradox, Space Travel, & The Future Of Mankind
- Real Talk #1 - My Fear Of Failing As A Writer (And Other Stuff)
- Why Foldable Smartphones Could Become The Next Big Thing
- Why You Shouldn't Plan Your Life Out (Part I)
- Why You Shouldn't Plan Your Life Out (Part II)
Congratulations @ayushjalan! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click here to view your Board
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!
Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by ayushjalan from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows. Please find us at the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
If you would like to delegate to the Minnow Support Project you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP.
Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.