Suffering & Religion

"If God exists, then why do people suffer?" This seems to e the fundemental question to religion. But a question that never really gets asked is "If God created the world/people/animals/galaxy, then why did he create other Gods for people to worship?" Our all-powerful super-saiyan friend specifically says in the Ten Commandments that "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Curiosity killed the cat...or God killed it for asking.

I'm an Atheist and that's nothing new, but it has begun to bug me more to see the religious and non-religious advocating their beliefs at street corners. Religion does not come to you, you are suppose to find it on your own. A baby is born without culture, identity, religion and language. These are all important things they learn through exposure. I was raised in a Mexican culture, identify myself as Jazz the tall weirdo metalhead with long hair, grew up as a Catholic and learned both English and Spanish. As time went by, I was introduced to science and all the great riches of its knowledge.

At the end of the day, as long as religion does not bug, I will not bug it. I don't really have a problem with religion because even if it gives false hope, it gives people hope in one form or another. It makes people more optimistic about life. My optimism comes and goes like many others (coincidentally I'm listening to Dark Tranquillity's "Focus Shift" as I write this). Right now I'm just enjoying life with my friends and taking each day a laugh at a time. Malicious thoughts keep my conscience company. I enjoy viewing things related to darkness and death. Goriness fascinates me yet I'm still a child at heart. I've always wondered if my suffering has led to my liking of metal. As a child I always wondered why God brought pain and suffering to my family. But he doesn't exist and these are things we brought upon ourselves No one really has a choice of whether they want to suffer and how they want to suffer. This is all stuff that kinda happens as life rolls on: breakups, divorces, deaths, puppies dying or walking into the wall. Life has become so random, I just seriously stopped giving a shi(woah). People, relationships and dogs have all come and gone but my friends have stayed. I don't really need anything else to survive the rest of my journey. So many smiles and laughs await me.