#agnostism

We will parade in the city, and bring his head to biggest square in the city, then we display it there, to show all people of the city. Finally, we will dearly announce that God is dead in our hands.

For every blood shed on our hands due to the killing of God should be seen as an act of benevolence, to free our souls from any control.

As for the idea of God can't be used anymore as a mean to control us by those with authorities; corrupt governments, blackmailing parents, or fraudulent religious leaders. To justify their actions, to prevent us to do what they don't want us to do, to force us to do they want us to do, to make us communal herds.

And now, we can freely choose what we want to be, as God is dead, nothing greater can be used to control us. We would have no more predefined purpose of our existence, to follow those in control.

We could be new Gods if we want to, but that is not necessary. What important is that we have destroyed the control tool they have for a long time.

The future is ours now. We decide, we together, as different individuals. And we have to build our own new pillars, that could be different in each individual. As now we are free from pseudo universal pillars that root in the idea of God.

We human beings should be free to define our own ideals. And no ideals should not be seen as bad. As ethics is universal already, we shall leave it be.

This shit is baked into our brains. Our species evolved to find ritual and prayer pleasurable, and being an enlightened atheist doesn't mean your brain is beyond having spiritual experiences. "Ghost?" is still a default query when we hear on old house creaking in the night, even if we do dismiss the notion immediately.

Atheist witches typically practice rituals and spells as a way to focus their mental energy and attention. It functions the same way as guided meditation but with extra steps, plus it's more personalized. Creating your own spells gives you time to reflect on your goals and focus on what steps need to be taken to achieve them.

We use symbolic elements like crystals, candles, and herbs, to represent different things that are related to the spells' goals. Some of it's placebo (a rose-scented candle won't literally improve your love life), and some of it's real (calendula + chamomile + hibiscus + white willow bark will literally soothe your menstrual cramps).

Sometimes those symbolic elements can act as triggers. If you use sage in cleansing rituals, you'll start associating the scent of sage with feelings of peace and relief and mental cleanliness.

Tarot reading, seeing, and fortune telling can help you organize and weigh your thoughts and your plans.

Invoking or praying to deities as part of your practice doesn't have to be at odds with atheism. Deities can act as more complex symbols to help you focus your intent, and sometimes they act as role models. Same with ancestral spirits.

I’m not a Christian, and I am the last person I’d ever expect to come to that conclusion. I loved God/Jesus, to the point that it broke me, and for years on end. I lived passionately and honestly in my love and devotion. None of it was fake. Who I was then, is still apart of who I am now. I accept that.

However, I have somehow been led out of the toxic idealogies and doctrines established in the religion. And I say somehow loosely, because it was gradual and subtle, the veil gently being torn away.

I can’t say I even believe in a God. There could be one, and maybe there isn’t. I believe there is a beautiful something, but to think we have an answer to what that something is, that we can contain it in a belief system such as Christianity... how prideful and presumptuous. God, the Universe, Jesus, Energy, Glory, Higher Being... they’re all essentially the same thing. A Greatness we do not understand. Some days I don’t believe any of that though, and I’m convinced it’s just us and our brains. And that’s ok. I am not my belief. I am more than what I believe on a given day. I am safe and held. Held by myself? By Something that can’t be boxed in? It doesn’t matter because I am held and I am loved and that is enough.