Political Atheism vs Political Agnosticism

A new blog, a new place to put my thoughts.

The phrase 'out of the closet' is usually a reference to sexuality, and in my case I am pretty set and sure of my everlasting and undying love of Courtney.  What I strictly mean by 'out of the closet' in this sense is the capital A in Atheism.  If you know me, which I am sure a lot of people do, I am also pretty sure that you know I am an avid and strong atheist and anti-theist.  I do not need anyone or any book to guide my ethical compass through humanity and all its hypocritical humans.  I also try to be as un-cynical as possible and more over the biggest realist any one person could ever meet.  This, as I have found throughout my life, is very hard for people to understand and truth be told it has made even harder for people to read me because of it.

I am not going to attempt to tackle the subject of a 'god' on a blog as I think it would be a waste of time to worry about such trivial things or anything at all like faeries, gnomes, or the loch-ness monster as my college degrees in philosophy, fiction, and  psychopathology have never come to fruition.  I have tried to read about different religions through their religious texts and think the only thing that would make them even less interesting and less logical is if they were all written in haiku.  If a person was to be so interested in logic and reason I would strongly recommend Richard Dawkins or something to that extent for a very scientific take on gods and monsters. 

I am considered by a few of my closest peoples to be a 'news junkie.'  Here is why I am a very open political agnostic:  I have some close friends of whom claim to be anarchists and furthermore they pretentiously say that its the only way things should be.  My take is that anarchy is similar to atheism in that there is a disbelief that such a thing 'really exists.' Meaning that atheists have no reason to bother with ideas of any supernatural omnipotent beings or powers, and anarchists believe that humans are basically just being manipulated by the established theocracy of historical political dogma and economic forces, so in effect, there is not really a government and those people in charge are not really. ie: governments are just a guise to fool the public.  To me, anarchy, which was once a very appealing platform when I was in my pubescent throes of rebellion and angst towards any power figure, is nothing more than misdirected Freudian rage.  Now though, being a few years wiser, I really do see the American government as a force of the people, and that 'we the people' are truly in charge of the beast so to speak.  Although the government may not always work, sometimes acting as nothing more than a farce, I still contribute to it financially(taxes), via voting, and potentially through contact with my elected officials.  I guess that is where my political agnosticism comes in, in that I acknowledge that the government is a real force, but it is my force and that it was established with the idea that its constituents can manipulate it to do its deeds (such as infrastructure, subsidies, public works, and security.) A person would have to be bat-shit crazy or just plain ignorant to deny that the government inherently does not exist and that they do not have a controllable stake in it (again, taxes?).  The inner news junkie in me is all about information and how I can use the information to formulate a better opinion on which direction I would like to manipulate the country to turn.  I do not think there are any political parties that I identify with because of about a million and one different reasons all relating to political persons generally just fucking up and mucking up the process of progress for the country.

I know I said agnostic and to define it in political terms would be like saying, yes there is an undeniable force at work (the government), but its shape is always changing and its views will change with the direction of the wind (elections, events, and people).  Unlike deities and religions though, humans can mold and shape their futures through their governments and policies and actually have its effects instantly recognized.  I am not in favor of those people who unconsciously harm themselves by practicing ignorance, as the anarchists I refer to unknowingly do.  I am more in favor of active involvement, meaning vote with your wallet and your brain, not through another form of dogma and ignorance.

I notice that I always like to end my blogs on a positive upbeat note, and I guess it is my hope that my opinions are respected as just that, my opinions.  I had a college professor who was adamant that a persons freedom only extended to the metaphorical tip of their noses or basically freedom is just an idea in our minds.  We construct our realities through a process of chemical reactions, and my reality is essentially built on a respect for other humans that equally know how to respect.  If you are not logical or are unable to reason, chances are that you will not understand me.  I do really try to be as empathetic as possible towards all people and all forms of life, I would hate to be demonized by the ignorant hypocrisy of others.  One last thing, is that in all aspects of life (keyword ALL,) I am willing to admit that I am wrong if there is given scientific evidence to back up conjecture that might be used as an attempt to debate something I say or believe.  I am wise enough though to know that a person should never debate anyone who thinks that they cannot be wrong.  I have hope for humanity and for positively getting stuff done.  I would love to talk more, but my stomach is sending signals to my brain telling it that I need more bio-fuel to sustain homeostasis.