Disbelief in beliefs

When you say freethought and freethinker, that usually means you are a nontheist. But neither my writings nor my opinions have anything to do with religion, god, or santa claus. Enough has been said and shed over these. I for one have neither the time nor the inclination. I would rather take on the title of nonconformist than nonbeliever.

So why do I advocate nonconformism? A lot, I think, is lost and missed out by our generation because we spend most of our waking time doing what we may not believe in. After an expensive education we end up spending an exorbitant amount of time unlearning what we learned. Many opportunities are missed out in this pursuit. And there are others who live their lives and die without realising that there was a lot more they could have done, or aleast tried.

Nonconformists have always been scorned. But do you realise that it is precisely they who have created the rules for an entire generation to follow? People like Galileo, Newton and Gandhi have preached and practised radical rules and beliefs and have often been branded as maniacs by the people of their times. But who do you think finds mention in the books? Who created the prejudices we carrry today? The church or Galileo?

Great souls have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -AE