The writings of some random dude on the internet
Jaime David is the administrator of “The Interfaith Intrepid.” He created and started this blog site. The idea came to him one day out of the blue. He was inspired by a few collaboration videos done by YouTubers “God Is Grey” and “Jaclyn Glenn.” He saw the two of them work well together, and was […]
Meet The Team – Jaime David — The Interfaith Intrepid
According to an article from “World Socialist Web Site” https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/14/sand-f14.html , Bernie Sanders had told the New York Times in an interview that he would “consider military force to pre-empt an Iranian or North Korean nuclear or missile test.” The article goes on further to say that Bernie would also be willing to use “military […]
Sanders A Warhawk? — The Interfaith Intrepid
I’d like to share some quick thoughts on the coronavirus; mainly the racist rhetoric surrounding the virus. I’ve heard quite a few people, both online and in real life, say that people should “stay away from Asians” and whatnot. I would like to debunk this BS right now and say this: “staying away” from Asians won’t do anything. Not now. The disease has spread outside of China, so now, it is affecting more than just Asians. If people were to apply the “staying away from Asians” logic to other groups, they’d essentially be advocating to stay away from everyone! They’d be advocating for people to just stay indoors all day and not go outside at all. There would be no going to work, no going to school, no going to the store. None of that! Just lock your doors and stay home indefinitely. That sounds ridiculous as heck! Just because the coronavirus is something to be feared does not mean people should put their lives on hold simply because it is a threat. There will always be threats and dangers that this world will face regardless of what we do. If we want to truly experience life and live life to the fullest, we have to take risks and chances, even if that may mean it could be our time to go at any moment. We cannot control when or how we will die. If it’s our time to go, it’s our time to go. We cannot control that. All we can do is hope for the best, and try to live life to the fullest, and live it without regrets!
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So, this year has been quite the interesting year so far, and we’re only 8 days into it! Recently, there were some tensions between the US and Iran (which could still possibly continue well into the future) that had the potential to cause World War III! Admittedly, I was scared; really scared. I was so scared that I thought I was going to die. I thought that my friends and family were going to die. I thought that innocent people who had nothing to do with the tensions between the two nations were going to die. I was scared for a lot of people. It felt as though the weight of the world was on my shoulders! Usually, I am an optimistic individual, but when it comes to the possibility of imminent death, the possibility of losing everyone I know and love, I begin to break down. I was so scared these past few days for the people of the world that I had insomnia, stomach cramps, increased heart rate, and increased breathing rate! It was bad! I thought I was going to have a panic attack due to how much stress I was feeling!
I had originally made plans to not use social media for the entirety of January, but after hearing about the possibility of an all-out war, I felt I needed to say something! I felt as though my life, the lives of people I care about, and the lives of countless individuals, were on the line! I felt as though it was my duty, my obligation, to speak out against the prospect of going to war with Iran. The last things I had wanted were for me to get drafted and for my loved ones, along with innocent people, to perish in a conflict between two (or possibly more) nations! I was not going to let that shit happen! I was going to use my writing skills to call out the injustices of war! Even if only a few people had read what I wrote, it did not matter to me, because I had felt I was contributing to a greater cause, even if it was to a minute degree! I felt I was a part of a collective, and that I was fighting for something grand; something that was bigger than any one of us by ourselves, and that required our collective effort to combat! In some ways, I felt somewhat heroic. Even though all I did was make comments and share posts on social media, I felt that my actions were having an impact! In some ways, it felt exhilarating! At the same time, though, it was also scary. It was scary because I feared losing the people who I care about most in my life.
For a lot of people (at least in America, anyways), when they lose someone, they usually have a comfort. They have religion. They have an afterlife to look forward to, and they have their deity/deities and loved ones looking down on them; at least, that’s what they believe! For me, though, not so much. For me, as an atheist, I don’t have the luxury to believe any of that! I don’t have an afterlife to look forward to. I don’t have deities and loved ones looking down on me. All I have to ultimately look forward to is my death, and the death of my loved ones! Once we’re gone, that’s it! We’re done! No more! The end! Lights out! Finito! From my perspective as an atheist, once a person is gone, they’re gone! There’s no coming back. Their consciousness ceases. Their body stops working. They stop existing! To a lot of people, that’s depressing, but to me, that’s just reality. Our world is full of unfairness and cruelty, and that’s just a part of life. It is depressing, but that is just the way things are. In this universe, we are nothing. We are just a blip on a spec on a dot within a sea of chaos and uncertainty! The universe is a chaotic place, and it does not care what happens to any of us. At any moment of any day, it could conceive life just as easily as it can take life away. Nothing lasts forever in this universe. No person lasts forever. One moment we’re here, and the next moment we’re gone! We don’t know when our time is going to be, but when it’s our time, it’s our time, and there is no going back! For some people, such a concept may be hard to accept, but for me, I, for the most part, have accepted it. I have accepted that once I’m gone, I’m never coming back. Sure, I may not know 100% whether there is or isn’t an afterlife, but to me, I’ve seen no evidence. All I see is what we have now. All I see is the world around us, and the people living in this world. Beyond that, I’m clueless, but I am not going to worry about what is or isn’t out there after we die, because to me, we won’t know the answer until after that happens, so why worry about it? Why worry about the possibility of an afterlife existing when you don’t know for sure, and can’t prove it either way? To me, there’s a lot more pertinent things to worry about, like trying to make the world a better place for people to live in! Even though I may not believe in a God, I do believe that it is our responsibility to make the world a better place. We’re here on this Earth, and we’re the ones who make the decisions in this world, so we decide whether or not we want this world to be a world worth living for!
I may not ever go back to being religious, because to me, I’ve become too skeptical of it. I’ve become skeptical of a lot of things, for that matter! To me, in a world full of liars, cheaters, and manipulators, it is hard to believe anything, or anyone, in this world! It is hard to find people who are honest, people who are caring, people who are kind, people who are loyal, people who are trustworthy, people who are compassionate, people who are loving, people who are empathetic, and people who are selfless, but when I do, I hold onto them. I hold onto them, and cherish every waking moment that I have with them, because one day, they will be gone! Thus, I try to appreciate the people who are in my life, and I try to live my life to the fullest, and live it as though each day were my last!
Here are some videos from Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk that I feel are important to share!
A video from 2018 by the YouTuber Secular Talk. Give it a watch, for I think it’s message still rings true today!
Hillary Mann Leverett (~14:48 – 15:55 in video): “This was not a strategic decision taken by President Trump. He is making the same mistake that is a bipartisan mistake, that goes across political lines, that both President Bush and President Obama made before him. You try to vilify a leader of another state, whether it’s Saddam Hussein in Iraq, or Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, which is what happened under Obama. You vilify this leader, you invade the country, try to destroy the country, and think you have a victory. That has been proven absolutely wrong! It is a strategic quagmire that has sucked the United States into the Middle East, drained our resources, killed our soldiers, and devastated those countries to no positive effect! We had Iraq under President Bush. We had more than 100,000 troops there and have never been able to stabilize it. It is more anti-American today than it ever was. It is more of a threat to the United States today than it ever was. The same thing with Libya that happened under President Obama. We had the exact same thing. Libya’s more of a threat today than it ever was because of the US military intervention. It’s not strategic!”
It’s been a few days into 2020, and already, there is the real possibility of war between Iran and the United States. Trump had recently ordered an assassination on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was one of the top generals in Iran. I don’t know much about Soleimani, but from what I had heard about him, he was not the best individual, morally-speaking. However, regardless of whether or not he was a “bad person,” was he a direct threat? I think not. There are talks that he threatened an attack on the US embassy in Iran, however, from what I have seen, nothing serious came out of it. For the most part, his threats were nothing more than just words, not actions! However, the US assassinated him, essentially basing their justifications on talks, rumors, and words, instead of concrete actions! Don’t get me wrong, though! I am all about taking necessary steps to preventing imminent attacks to protect people. However, there has to be concrete evidence, beyond a shadow of a doubt, proving that an attack was imminent! So far, nothing of that nature has been presented. The only reason that was given was that it was to “prevent a war!” Well, I don’t think that’s doing much, for now, Iran wants to retaliate, and understandably so! Thus, Trump ordered an attack on a sovereign nation’s top military commander based on faulty logic and BS information! In fact, Trump ordered the attack without Congressional approval! This situation has turned out to be a disaster in the making. And what’s ironic is that Trump complained on Twitter during Obama’s presidency that Obama was going to start a war with Iran to get re-elected. That didn’t happen. However, Trump is up for re-election in 2020, and currently, as of writing this, there is a real possibility of war with Iran, and that’s not under Obama; it’s under Trump! How ironic. And Trump’s response is that he is ready to send thousands of troops at any moment! Oh God! Let’s just hope they don’t enact another draft!
Some videos on the matter
Enough with the endless fucking wars! No more war! No more bloodshed! No more innocent civilians dying because of a barrel of oil! No more of any of that shit! It’s time this shit comes to an end! People always say to “support the troops!” Well, you know how we support the troops? Don’t send them to fucking war! It’s that simple. If you really care about the troops, don’t send them to countless wars overseas! We’ve been in NUMEROUS wars the past two decades; maybe longer! And you know what the answer is as to why we have to STAY in these wars? It’s because we have to “get the bad guy.” We have to “protect the interests of the people.” Protect them from what? A disjointed, rogue band of rebels? A disjointed, rogue band of rebels, mind you, who feel even more emboldened by us continuing to stay in the Middle East? It’s 2020. We’ve been in Iraq and Afghanistan for almost two decades. We’ve been going on countless excursions in numerous different countries across the world. We’ve launched drone strikes and airstrikes, a lot of which missed the targets they were aiming for! Currently, as of writing this, there is a chance that the U.S. and Iran might go to war. President Trump said that he would be ready to send thousands of troops to Iran if he felt that he needed to. What a great way to start off the New Year (not really)! You know how people are always talking about New Year’s resolutions? Well, in the spirit of the New Year, I say that the US should have a New Year’s resolution, and that resolution should be to get the troops out of the Middle East, and for real, this time! No more games! No more bullshit! No more excuses! Just send the troops home! And if any groups retaliate, let them! As long as they don’t do anything within the United States, we shouldn’t worry about what goes on in the Middle East! The United States should be worried about the United States. We should be worried about the poor, the homeless, the sick, the failing infrastructure, the outrageous prices, the education system, the healthcare system, student debt, medical debt, the job market, etc. We need to be worried about OUR OWN CITIZENS; not what some ragtag groups in the Middle East are doing. It is 2020! It is a new decade! It is the New Year. It is time that America puts an end to these perpetual wars! It is time to bring the troops home!