(I'm An Atheist) Is: There Anyway I'm Not Screwed After I Die? (Asked By Connor)

       So, that's an interesting question. I mean, a lot of people asked about the after life, but they weren't so blunt about being atheist, or any other specific religion. Personally, I can't say whether any of that is true or not, I mean, I'm not a super natural power that controls everything the world has to offer. I can say though, that if you don't believe in such things I don't see why you should worry about it.

       A person who's atheist not only has the choice to convert to any religion they want, they also have the choice to ignore all religious preferences. I say, if you're atheist not to worry about it, unless you see a religion you would like to believe. I mean, there's not much else I can say.

       In my mind, no you're not screwed, but hey what do I know?

Why: Do We Cry Tears?

       Tears come with many different emotions.

       Anger- When you're so mad at someone or something, and that rage causes you to produce tears that you don't want but get anyway.
      Sadness- When you're hurting or possibly hurt someone else and that depression forms tears in your eyes that you can't control.
       Joy- When you're happy to such an extreme that tears slide down your face without you even really realizing it.

       My question is, why tears? Why does this watery fluid come from our eyes in these emotional states? I'm sure there's a scientific reason, but when you think about it, doesn't it seem like too much for tears to be everywhere?

       Mostly, tears are taken as a sign of weakness, fear, and sadness, yet we cry when we're happy. What's up with that? We cry over everything. Are we as human beings suppose to be portrayed as such weak mammals? Do you see other animals crying without being in pain? And then when they do "cry" there aren't tears, there are just a lot of yelping. Why're we such an emotional species?

       Maybe it's just me thinking that we should be stronger than this, or maybe it's just the fact that I watch too much "Animal Planet." Either way, this is my thinking on our tears. One day we're all gonna stop crying, we're gonna sick of it all, and we'll come away a stronger species. End of story.

       But hey, you tell me...Why?

(Honestly!) Why: Don't Parents Accept Their Kids Being Gay? (Asked By Poof)

       Parents are the most protective people in the world, well at least the good parents are. They feel as though they have to protect their kids from everything. Shield them from the world itself. Sometimes though, in doing so, they fail to realize that a child, teen, or young adult, is gonna branch out on their own eventually and find their own interests. A lot of people these days are religious. Religious parents never want their children to be gay. They have the mind set of "If my child's gay they're going to burn in hell." I've always wondered if they ever took the time to think to themselves "My child has been exposed to all the religiousness I've been exposed to, have they thought about the possible consequences?" Maybe if they thought about that they'd realize that a lot the time we do. 

        Now, we all know about the religious parents. They fear for our souls. What is to become of us after death for being gay. But then, there's also the major homo-phobes. The parents who talk about gay people day in and day out never giving gay people a chance at being liked. Gays with parents like that never really can get through to them. Everything a gay is in that parent's mind is filth, disgust, and wrong. There's no accepting to them, there's just getting rid of. 

        My point is, parents can't accept what they're not open to. The two biggest examples are above. And sometimes even when they do accept it, they don't like it. It's not fair. I have a lot of experience with that. It hurts more than they know, but they think the hurt of us being gay is worse. And really who are we to tell them it's not? 

        But you tell me world...why can't they accept us?