Santa Muerte Devotion 101: Answers and Explanations for Curious Readers and New Devotees
Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
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Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
Buy the paperback at https://amzn.to/41gmMKg
Can Atheists Be Devotees of Santa Muerte?
Yes.
An atheist is often defined as one who does not believe in the existence of any gods. It is more accurate to say, however, that an atheist is one who is unconvinced by the assertions made by theists in regard to whether or not god(s) exist(s). No matter how you choose to define atheism, there is no argument against an atheist becoming a devotee of Santa Muerte.
Remember that Santa Muerte is death itself - I don’t think there is any atheist among us who could refute the existence of death. Where gods die when there is nobody left to believe in them, death thrives even in the absence of belief.
Readers who have followed my work may be surprised to learn that I myself came to Santa Muerte devotion from a position of atheism. In fact, I still consider myself an atheist - that is one who is unconvinced by the god claims made by theists. When I served as a Humvee driver during combat operations in Baghdad, I saw absolutely no evidence for the existence of any god, but was inundated with proof for the existence of death. It was not until I met Santa Muerte in Tijuana, Mexico that I realized even without a god to call my own, I could still explore spirituality and find spiritual fulfillment in the arms of Holy Death.
Is there a god? I don’t know, and neither does anybody else.
Is there death? Yes, absolutely. She does not need your belief in order to be made real and every intellectually honest adult on Earth, spiritual or not, would agree wholeheartedly that each and every one of us will one day experience death.
An atheist is often defined as one who does not believe in the existence of any gods. It is more accurate to say, however, that an atheist is one who is unconvinced by the assertions made by theists in regard to whether or not god(s) exist(s). No matter how you choose to define atheism, there is no argument against an atheist becoming a devotee of Santa Muerte.
Remember that Santa Muerte is death itself - I don’t think there is any atheist among us who could refute the existence of death. Where gods die when there is nobody left to believe in them, death thrives even in the absence of belief.
Readers who have followed my work may be surprised to learn that I myself came to Santa Muerte devotion from a position of atheism. In fact, I still consider myself an atheist - that is one who is unconvinced by the god claims made by theists. When I served as a Humvee driver during combat operations in Baghdad, I saw absolutely no evidence for the existence of any god, but was inundated with proof for the existence of death. It was not until I met Santa Muerte in Tijuana, Mexico that I realized even without a god to call my own, I could still explore spirituality and find spiritual fulfillment in the arms of Holy Death.
Is there a god? I don’t know, and neither does anybody else.
Is there death? Yes, absolutely. She does not need your belief in order to be made real and every intellectually honest adult on Earth, spiritual or not, would agree wholeheartedly that each and every one of us will one day experience death.