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Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Bill Gates

If you’re going for simplification and pure reduction of commitments, it makes logical sense to abstain from actively participating in all organizations. Seeing as though I am definitely a person that likes to live efficiently and to minimize time spent on the periphery, organizations are far down on my list of things on which to spend time.

I am a pragmatist, a realist, an adventurer, a leader, a critic, a skeptic, a moralist, a thinker, and an atheist.

I find these qualities to be wonderfully cooperative and, more importantly, they facilitate my goals of happiness and fulfillment. I have studied several organized religions and taken their practices, beliefs, and tenets under consideration. Ultimately I was able to decide that none of them fit me or my lifestyle and that I was much better off expending my effort on other things.

I subscribe to a form of atheism often called “weak atheism” which is essentially just the lack of belief in a divine being, and thus a lack of organized religion that would be tied to such a being. This form of atheism has no animosity or contempt for any religion whatsoever. We simply don’t believe in the same ideas and therefore go about life in a different way. This type of atheism embodies morality and strongly advocates justice, equality, and happiness for all people.

I say this mostly to dispel the rumors of godless people being immoral and in need of saving lest they be damned for eternity or any other such silliness. The type of atheism I subscribe to is more of a “live and let live” doctrine, encouraging the advancement of humanity and good will to all people rather than to a select group. In my opinion, there are already far too many obstacles in the world, so why create more walls based on such artificial differences?