WOULD YOU JUST LIVE AS A THEIST or LIVE THE WAY YOUR GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE?

I am an atheist.

I don't mean that I have no belief in god. It is just the definition of god set by society is different for me.

Many of us perform rituals like worshiping our god(s) in the morning or before sleep and during festive seasons. We spend good amount of money on all those rituals. Of course that money helps several people who stand between us and god. For example the flower sellers at temple who also sell things that makes us believe the god in temple will be happy with all those in front of him/her/it.  

In my opinion, Temples/Mosques/Churches/all other worshiping places are necessary in the society without which we will have crime rates super high every where. Do you know a village named Shanisingapur in Maharastra(India) has no door houses because the villagers believe that "The Shani" (The deity there) is still alive in that temple (so, called Alive Temple) and punishes anyone who attempts theft. In fact, there were very less such crimes happened despite those beliefs. What worked there? The Faith on God or the Fear? Absolutely we are afraid of people/things we respect most. May be because of the capabilities of them that we created in our mind makes us frightened.

Apart from the concept "fear",  the "faith" also has some positive impact on people. Every human being tries for success & happiness in life, for example we want to secure good grades in exam, so we pray our god(s) to help us write the exam well and get good grade in it. Irrespective of the fact that we have prepared well for the exam the night before, what works most is the blind trust we kept on god that makes us move forward even though the exam is difficult. The concept is similar to having auto suggestions in a positive way (Psychology) or it may be it,not God. We become what we think and how we think impact the result of our actions.

So were there no God involved? May be Yes or No. Because without showing proofs of existence/non-existence we can not comment on it. Some people will be there to show existential proofs of their God. But as a matter of fact, a fool sees a miracle happening before his eyes first. Because many of us are lead by our wants & emotions rather than by actual logic. So simply we trust an object/religion which shows ways to satisfy what we need in the name of God. We think we are worshiping something but unconsciously we developed a need for having something to hold on and so as a result the faith on an external object came to existence. 

To make things more complicated many of us forget that worshiping a specific god is choice of an individual and the second person has nothing to do with it. But we want our god to be believed by all! I do not understand what one can get from such thinking. The God concept works same way for everyone, irrespective of what god one is following. One of the reasons may be man want be in groups. He is afraid to stand alone so he seek approval of people and fight for it and the one who can argue well increases his group size. And it is better to not talk about people who earn money in the name of religion. If we do not like others saying "change  your god", we have to abide by same. If you are referring to your God, it is your higher conscience you are talking about. And it is not so strong for many so the effectiveness of a prayer/auto suggestion depends on at which level you are, emotionally and spiritually.

You just worship the God? or Live the way He/She/It likes?

Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die. 

Many of us live for ourselves. Even me too. We will have external priorities but at the end if it is a life/death situation we run for our own life, even for a fraction we forget about the external priority. It is healthy. Yes it is. Because one need to be alive first to do something right! Here comes the first thing, we are here on this third planet of solar system which we are calling Earth, which is fortunately/! developed to have living organism on it. The basic things we need are food, shelter and clothes. So all our life we strive to improve each of these. In the name of luxury we move away from just living with basic things. Anything which moved from it's basic form is result of a desire. We came long way from finding happiness in small things. In the name of status in society we create false happiness in our lives. We buy things we can't afford and live a painful life maintaining them. Many of times inviting a thing into our life is easy, but maintaining it for long is not. We should think whether what we are desiring right at this moment worth the consequences or not. So that we can escape from the sad part or at least be ready to face it. What this thinking need to do with god? Well because in our sad times we think of God and when we are happy we behave like we barely need him. It may not be the case with few people but it is with many. So let us not use God for getting out of traps we ourselves created.

The heaven and hell concept worked so well on humans that they believe doing good deeds returns something good to them. Forget about heaven and hell, Karma / Newton's 3rd law is something we can trust blindly. If you hit a wall with a force of 10 N you will feel the same pressure on your body in return from the wall. If you kick a dog it is going to bite you unless it is high on drugs and enjoys getting kicked. So there are some parameters to be considered for result of any action. I just tried to emphasize the concept of our actions in specific manner. One's life is all about his/her actions. Well let us get to the second point. Are we not doing few things because we are afraid going to hell? Well in a way having those thoughts is as equivalent as performing them. So let us not do evil deeds, even don't think about them. What are evil deeds? They are simply the actions whose results make others suffer, even though they shed joy to us.

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"If we are happy with what we have and feel contented each and every second of our life then there will be no space for jealous and hurt in our life. Have a purpose. Have dreams. Work on them. Improve yourself each and everyday. Spread happiness with friends and family. If at all sadness enters in life just cry out. Trust that the tears have the power to fade sadness away. Help others or at least do no harm to them. Speak transparently. Have a soft heart and at the same time bold one. Have courage to speak the truth and to face punishment for the mistakes done."

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Do you think your God wants all those flowers and prayers? Nope. He/She/It wants you to live your life correctly, peacefully and happily. At your higher level the God wants you to live for others. But until then he wants you to live for yourself doing harm to no creature on this planet. 

Peace.