Noah's Starving Carnivorous Animals

http://www.ravingatheist.com/
When I studied abroad this summer, I worked as an intern for a non-profit organization in the heart of downtown London. From the moment I stepped through the front door, I could feel uncomfortable tone of the office. My future co-workers were all staring at the cross worn around my neck. I was in a room full of atheists.

My inexperience to blogging has given me the opportunity to provide an outsider’s perspective on a particular blog that I stumbled across called “The Raving Atheist”.

Toleration is key. I find it quite ironic that I traveled overseas with the intent to expand my academic education, but ironically, in turn I feel I was handed more of a life-lesson than anything else.

In this blog, a “Raving Atheist”, as he likes to call himself, hunts for injustices and wrong-doings committed towards his beliefs. He posts his discoveries on the blog and then sits back and waits for ticked-off people to start commenting on his page. It’s hilarious!

In my opinion, the blog should be titled "The Craving Atheist", because that's basically the theme. All he does is crave for attention.

Please don't mistake my views. I absolutely do not agree with his snide remarks aimed toward religions (Christians particularly), but the fact that there are people in the world who allow him to get a rise out of posting these ridiculous remarks is quite amusing.

You’re doing exactly what you want him to do! Why are you letting the atheist be your puppet master?

This man appears to be somewhat credible. He seems to have no huge grammatical errors on his posts, and he receives a substantial amount of comments on his page every week.

However, this whole blog is based off of insecurity. The choices made to believe or to not believe in a higher being will never be fully answered until . . . well, you know. Because there is uncertainty in a decision, insecurity can creep out like the weeds that grow in sidewalk cracks. They are an annoying bother, inevitable but something we are all able to deal with.

This summer I was approached by one of my atheist co-workers in the office with this absurd question:
“Kaci, you’re religious. Maybe you can answer this. What did God feed all of the carnivorous animals on Noah’s Ark?”

At that moment, I realized just how apprehensive these people truly were. He didn’t care about the answer I gave him, he just wanted to see my reaction to such an insulting and insignificant question.

I simply responded, “God took care of it,” and then left for my lunch break.

This summer, I never tried to force my beliefs on my co-workers, and they returned the same favor. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to change their mind, and they knew the same thing about me. Toleration is key.

This blog “The Raving Atheist” is pointless if you’re looking for answers about your faith, or if you’re searching for a sign from God to help guide you in the right direction. However, it does provide mindless entertainment for someone who likes to hear bickering about religious viewpoints from close-minded people, but don’t family reunions already provide just that?