Monday, May 14, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
A Good Slogan.
I just came across this slogan at atheistplanet.com (a Cafepress site)
"Any belief worth having must survive doubt"
And of course god and the bible does not.
"Any belief worth having must survive doubt"
And of course god and the bible does not.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
I really am getting exhausted!
As I sit in my car at a traffic light my gaze wanders sideways to the person in the vehicle next to me, staring intently at the light waiting for permission to proceed with their life or I’ll find myself sitting in the barbers shop idly watching the other punters waiting for a haircut. And as I walk through the grocery store or the shopping mall I notice various shoppers walking busily past and I think to myself “well…. They all look normal”.
But, I remind myself, looks can be deceiving.
Most of these people will get up early this Sunday morning, (a time when everyone should sleep until well past 10 unless they have a plane to catch) put on their best clothes, pile all their children into the car and drive across town to participate in a huge celebration of nothing. In fact as I think about it, celebration is the wrong word. Their own word is much more suitable. They go to worship nothing.
They have all bought into this enormous myth of an afterlife and that they must please the fictitious gatekeeper so he’ll let them in.
It is a culture of death. They worship a man who supposedly died for us. The Catholics even wear jewelry that depicts him nailed to a cross. They live their entire lives focused upon their death. Everything they say and do is geared towards that final day. Their every waking moment is spent in a constant struggle to be prepared for their death.
Live life people!
It’s a fantastic thing and no one should have to go through life worrying about what comes next because nothing does! We die and become soil from which new stuff grows. It’s a beautiful thing!
But, I remind myself, looks can be deceiving.
Most of these people will get up early this Sunday morning, (a time when everyone should sleep until well past 10 unless they have a plane to catch) put on their best clothes, pile all their children into the car and drive across town to participate in a huge celebration of nothing. In fact as I think about it, celebration is the wrong word. Their own word is much more suitable. They go to worship nothing.
They have all bought into this enormous myth of an afterlife and that they must please the fictitious gatekeeper so he’ll let them in.
It is a culture of death. They worship a man who supposedly died for us. The Catholics even wear jewelry that depicts him nailed to a cross. They live their entire lives focused upon their death. Everything they say and do is geared towards that final day. Their every waking moment is spent in a constant struggle to be prepared for their death.
Live life people!
It’s a fantastic thing and no one should have to go through life worrying about what comes next because nothing does! We die and become soil from which new stuff grows. It’s a beautiful thing!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Another look at morals and god.
I hear atheists argue all the time that they don’t need god to provide them with a strong moral code and that morals and the ability to know right from wrong have nothing to do with god, the bible or any religious teachings. They are completely man-made.
They argue forcefully that morals are the obvious result of an evolutionary need to assist others around them and that their well being is closely tied to that of the tribe at large. Their logic is both compelling and reasonable as they point out that primitive humans had a vested interest in helping each other prepare, for a hunting party for instance, and if one of them needed assistance in any way it was in everyone’s self interest to help that other person.
I also hear the logical argument that tribes were fairly small, and that unlike today’s modern cities, if you treated someone badly you were likely to see them everyday of your life and so things could become very difficult for you on a daily basis. This meant that your self interest was advanced by behaving well towards others.
What I don’t hear atheists point out is that this supposedly wonderful guide to morals called the Bible was written by humans. There is obviously no such creature called god and that everything in the Bible was written by men. There was no divine inspiration that guided the hands of the various authors it was simply a bunch of mischief making scholars who collaborated on a huge work of fiction in which you have to spend an enormous amount of time trying to tease out meanings that might be a guide to right and wrong from passages that are quite honestly gibberish.
Even the 10 commandments are not at all clear considering that they show up in a couple of different places and are totally different each time.
I’m getting exhausted.
It is mind boggling that grown ups in the 21st Century still believe in this massive fairy tale.
Christians should to be ridiculed! They ought to be openly laughed at and, quite honestly, made to wear a Dunce Cap and told to sit in the corner with their other religious friends until they can behave themselves and to leave the thinking to those more capable of doing it properly.
They argue forcefully that morals are the obvious result of an evolutionary need to assist others around them and that their well being is closely tied to that of the tribe at large. Their logic is both compelling and reasonable as they point out that primitive humans had a vested interest in helping each other prepare, for a hunting party for instance, and if one of them needed assistance in any way it was in everyone’s self interest to help that other person.
I also hear the logical argument that tribes were fairly small, and that unlike today’s modern cities, if you treated someone badly you were likely to see them everyday of your life and so things could become very difficult for you on a daily basis. This meant that your self interest was advanced by behaving well towards others.
What I don’t hear atheists point out is that this supposedly wonderful guide to morals called the Bible was written by humans. There is obviously no such creature called god and that everything in the Bible was written by men. There was no divine inspiration that guided the hands of the various authors it was simply a bunch of mischief making scholars who collaborated on a huge work of fiction in which you have to spend an enormous amount of time trying to tease out meanings that might be a guide to right and wrong from passages that are quite honestly gibberish.
Even the 10 commandments are not at all clear considering that they show up in a couple of different places and are totally different each time.
I’m getting exhausted.
It is mind boggling that grown ups in the 21st Century still believe in this massive fairy tale.
Christians should to be ridiculed! They ought to be openly laughed at and, quite honestly, made to wear a Dunce Cap and told to sit in the corner with their other religious friends until they can behave themselves and to leave the thinking to those more capable of doing it properly.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
I pinched this from Richard Dawkins' forum.
11. Comment #11213 by Joad on December 3, 2006 at 7:19 pm
God: Here, have some free will
Man: No thank you, I don't need any
God: You cannot refuse Free Will
Man: Oh, so it isn't a gift?
God: Correct. I am forcing it on you
Man: Gee, thanks...What do I do with it?
God: Nothing. Just continue to obey me. If you use Free Will, I will send you to Hell.
Man: You surely work in mysterious ways.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
MY GOD PROBLEM by Natalie Angier
MY GOD PROBLEM
By Natalie Angier
So, on the issue of mainstream monotheistic religions and the irrationality behind many of religion's core tenets, scientists often set aside their skewers, their snark, and their impatient demand for proof, and instead don the calming cardigan of a a kiddie-show host on public television. They reassure the public that religion and science are not at odds with one another, but rather that they represent separate "magisteria," in the words of the formerly alive and even more formerly scrappy Stephen Jay Gould. Nobody is going to ask people to give up their faith, their belief in an everlasting soul accompanied by an immortal memory of every soccer game their kids won, every moment they spent playing fetch with the dog. Nobody is going to mock you for your religious beliefs. Well, we might if you base your life decisions on the advice of a Ouija board; but if you want to believe that someday you'll be seated at a celestial banquet with your long-dead father to your right and Jane Austen to your left-and that she'll want to talk to you for another hundred million years or more—that's your private reliquary, and we're not here to jimmy the lock.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Atheists: The New Gays
By Scott Adams
Is it my imagination or have the atheists come out of the closet (in the United States) since 9/11?
Prior to 9/11, it would have been career suicide for a public figure to come right out and say God is a fairy tale. Now it’s a feature of popular culture. You can see it on cable of course, in shows such as BullSh*t, Real Time, The Daily Show, and Southpark. But it’s also a feature of network TV. The main character on House is written as the most brilliant human on the planet, and he’s an atheist. The new show 3lbs has a similar character. I can’t remember anything like that ten years ago.
Read the rest here.....
Is it my imagination or have the atheists come out of the closet (in the United States) since 9/11?
Prior to 9/11, it would have been career suicide for a public figure to come right out and say God is a fairy tale. Now it’s a feature of popular culture. You can see it on cable of course, in shows such as BullSh*t, Real Time, The Daily Show, and Southpark. But it’s also a feature of network TV. The main character on House is written as the most brilliant human on the planet, and he’s an atheist. The new show 3lbs has a similar character. I can’t remember anything like that ten years ago.
Read the rest here.....
Monday, November 06, 2006
His heart isn't really in his work.
I have no idea if this has been Photoshoped or not but either way I like it.
This is my version.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
I had to concede to a believer “Perhaps you are right”
Yesterday a friend of mine confronted me regarding my atheism.
We had quite a long, involved and heated discussion and at one point I said to him:
“You are a very intelligent person, in fact far too intelligent to believe in god”
His immediate response was an angry:
“I most certainly am not”
I let that hang in the air as we both silently pondered its truth and I finally conceded:
“Perhaps you are right”
We had quite a long, involved and heated discussion and at one point I said to him:
“You are a very intelligent person, in fact far too intelligent to believe in god”
His immediate response was an angry:
“I most certainly am not”
I let that hang in the air as we both silently pondered its truth and I finally conceded:
“Perhaps you are right”
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Replace the word “faith” with “superstition”
Every time you hear the word “faith” used in a sentence you can substitute “superstition” for a more accurate reading.
The governments faith based initiatives
The governments superstition based initiatives
Faith schools.
Superstition schools.
I have deep faith.
I have deep superstitions.
The governments faith based initiatives
The governments superstition based initiatives
Faith schools.
Superstition schools.
I have deep faith.
I have deep superstitions.
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