Why i liked the Lost symboll

Of late i hear people speaking all sorts of thing of whether there is God or not and how religion is not logical they argue that science is a more reasonable approach to life and generally to them being atheistic is cool actually modern and free thinking is the way to go. i know several people who have been raised from pious families rich in Christianity but the way they shun it despite those many evening we spent attending catechism classes is rather sad.

now recent troubles in my life have brought me closer to God and made me read the holy book this time not for academic purposes but for spiritual nourishment.i have survived in Four freaky car accidents once when i was really drunk and seriously the only reason i could have survived can only be divine intervention, a superior being, or the existence a supernatural power. i believe i am alive because the powers that be want it that way or am not yet good enough to join them in the spiritual world.

these proponents of atheism make very logical arguments but while reading the Bible recently the way Dan Brown says in his book lost symbol. i have come to appreciate that the bible is not actually for the normal brain and that you have to be enlightened to get the points. take fore instance the wide road and narrow road in Matthew 7:13 whereas Sunday school taught that the narrow road actually led to heaven despite it being thorny and bad and that the wide road led to hell despite its comfort, the moral of this story is that about every day experiences like group influence, peer pressure, group think at work and its evils, and it teaches us that it actually pays to think through things despite the discomfort we may experience like being alienated, segregated as long as the sense of one self is not lost all is well and the fruits are heaven. personal decision especially those that will have effect on our lives due to collective decisions, group think , peer pressure, and the band wagon effect ; generally any thing that you don't believe in but partake in because of what the crowd will say or think of you is the wide road that will lead to hell. As such am off alcohol because i do not want to drink it any more and i don't care if bees sting due to the cola i will be taking its my narrow path.

to those that read the bible most atheists actually own and read the bible religiously or any other book deemed to be holy and translate (read) understand them for their written word, you get it wrong and miss out the point in the stories, parables and psalms in these books. you are actually no better than the preachers on the streets and therefore need to be enlightened lest you die in your ignorance like Dan brown puts it in his book.