I decided about a year ago that I was an atheist, not to deny the possibility of a God, or afterlife. But to deny the possibility for me to ever know while here. It was my means of providing closure on the unknown. I just had to say, "I can't know."
But if left me with another question: What about love? Clinically, love is nothing more than a chemical reaction in your brain that alters your attitude towards a given person or group.
But if that's the case, then love can't be forever. And if that's the case then love isn't absolute, love isn't the greatest reason.
Now, I can make plenty of great arguments that mankind is fine without God. But I cannot argue, and will not argue that mankind is fine without love.
Without invoking my personal heartbreaks, where does this leave me? I can only say love is mankind's most noble attribute.
To say that there is a love that transcends time and space would be to leave open the possibility of an evil that does the same. But I certainly don't believe in evil like that. If I did, I might as well re-open my religious investigations.
If you read this, understand it, and appreciate it then so much the better: I'm not alone.
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