71 years ago ike decreed that the u.s. adopt the saying 'in god we trust' as a national motto. it now appears on u.s. money and in the 'pledge of allegiance'.
i don't trust in god. i don't believe in god. if there is a god, it doesn't strike me as trustworthy. it's a shady character. it doesn't want to be known or understood. and judging by this world it may have created, it strikes me as insane. not to mention cruel or at least utterly indifferent to suffering.
i believe in science. the answers it provides may not always be satisfying, but they're honest, evidence based, and logical, at least to the extent that logic can be applied to this manifestly illogical world.
i wish i had never been born. i was given no choice in the matter. now that i'm here, i've also been given no choice in the matter of my biological nature. i wish to survive and thrive.
but this world is not conducive to this desire. i will die, and until then, i will not thrive. i do not fit in with my fellow species. i'm not dogmatic and i'm not puritanical. i hate war and violence and i love sex. i wish to fit in but i can't. i feel as though i'm an alien in this world.
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