the Dao of Atheism : | : the Shaman Atheist 61/81 |
Religion should be like low land everything flowing towards it all ideas converging on it.
By receiving it absorbs
Large ideas, small followings; |
The way, the Dao, has no hidden meaning and is itself meaningless.
We project meaning onto it. There is no deeper meaning to get from it than to follow the way ... no heaven if you follow it well, no hell if you don't, no enlightenment either way. So it is with atheism. Atheism has no meaning to promote, and thus none to defend. There is nothing to gain by being atheist, and nothing to lose. Atheism is not to be taken seriously, but lightly. Serious atheism is like a hammer made of ice -- it smashes hard, but breaks itself in the process. Atheism should be like a bath in just-right hot water, soaking through the skin to the muscles, relaxing. Atheism that is used as a tool to smash religion has a self-destructive end. |