Finally figured out my take on God and Religion, after years of being an atheist-but-not-really. First tweet on Bluesky, needs to be a banger 🧵 - ThreadSky

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ayushm.bsky.social • 94 days ago

Finally figured out my take on God and Religion, after years of being an atheist-but-not-really.
First tweet on Bluesky, needs to be a banger 🧵

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ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

All it took was an instagram reel to help me realise

ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

I've always felt that though I don't personally believe in God or religion, it's important for people to believe in any kind of God. You need something to believe in, and something that gives you hope. Something that keeps you going when things get difficult. And I feel that religion is what gives

ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

people hope to keep going, to be better. While I feel that if you need to believe in a sort of Hell to not be a menace to society, you are not a good person. However believing in religion and god helps bring people together. While it also pushes and separates communities a lot, imo the net result is

ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

a feeling of togetherness. Celebrating festivals and having traditions gives people a sense of community and something to look forward to.
One time during Diwali in 2022, a child beggar asked me to buy him an Anar (pomegranate) while pointing towards some shops. I went to the fruit stand to go buy

ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

it for him. He stopped me and told me "woh wala Anar nahi, fatake wala" ("not the fruit, Anar as in the firework"). I refused to buy him it, and told him that I'll buy him some fruits if he wants.
I regret my decision to this day. While heading back home that day, I realised that if bursting

ayushm.bsky.social•94 days ago

firecrackers is what made him happy, I had no right to tell him no. His priorities were different than mine.
This incident gave me a new perspective on festivals and traditions.
This is what I believe in. I don't believe in a God, yet I pray when my family asks me to. I celebrate festivals with

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