Things that affirm my atheism

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18. People coming together

It sounds great and people getting along with one another regardless of faith. I can only hope for that in my lifetime. Coming together seems like advocating for a lost cause.

‘But being a practical person, I know faith and prayers only go so far. As they say, God helps those who help themselves and we have free will for a reason. God isn't going to live our life for us, we got to do that ourselves.’

Again, I think is just used as an explanation to back something you to demonstrate something. I feel like, for example, when I made the Dean’s List during one of my semesters in college, when I became the Vice President of the honor society and got through all my work and tough times after college, it’s been without the belief of any God.

I feel like this was something that I did, that I was rewarded for my work here on Earth and the credit goes to myself and those who have helped and supported me along way, not the work of any deity I believe to be nonexistent. I’ve been driven, been somebody who prides himself on work ethic and to do his best. Even with how I push myself and put my best foot forward, some things still go my way, but things that do, I feel like I’m the one who did a lot to make it happen.

Any God who claims to be vengeful and jealous, who would said God help those who deny such an existence?