Such a sad story. Using pain to teach a child how to behave is disgusting. Christians claim that humans are special, yet many of them treat their own children like animals. If there was a God (there isn't), why would people believe that he would want children to be beaten? Where do such f@%ked up ideas come from? Thinking about all of this hurts my brain. The Christian worldview (I know not all Christians abuse their children) is not easy to comprehend—due to all the warped aspects of it. What is it about religion that makes people want to hurt other people? Is it the paranoia caused by a judgmental, psychopathic god along with the fear of demons and hell? Probably.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Girl beaten to death in the name of God
Such a sad story. Using pain to teach a child how to behave is disgusting. Christians claim that humans are special, yet many of them treat their own children like animals. If there was a God (there isn't), why would people believe that he would want children to be beaten? Where do such f@%ked up ideas come from? Thinking about all of this hurts my brain. The Christian worldview (I know not all Christians abuse their children) is not easy to comprehend—due to all the warped aspects of it. What is it about religion that makes people want to hurt other people? Is it the paranoia caused by a judgmental, psychopathic god along with the fear of demons and hell? Probably.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Ron Paul 2012!!
It's a shame common sense is far from common in government—especially when it comes to spending habits (i.e. don't spend more than you take in). Any rational person would support Ron Paul. We need a president that is actually serious about cutting government spending. Like he said, the problem is not that Americans have too much money, the problem is the federal government's spending.
Don't be a democrat or a republican—be rational. Please show your support by donating to his campaign @ http://www.ronpaul.com/
Atheist pride rallies?
Wouldn't an atheist pride rally be fun? I was thinking that we could get a bunch of chimpanzees and serve spaghetti. Seriously though, if it worked for the gay community, I bet it would work for the atheist community. While many atheists don't realize it, we are one of the most hated groups in america (even more hated than gay people, well at least polls would suggest this). Fortunately the atheist movement has come along way, I just believe that atheists organizing and holding events to celebrate atheism (the liberation from religion) would ultimately be a good thing for our cause. I'm sure there has to have been an atheist pride rally by now (would be very surprised if their wasn't), I'm talking more on a widespread scale.
atheist's morality vs. believer's morality
I've written blog posts that entertained the idea that atheists are more immoral, along with blog posts that entertain the opposite. Besides being a person that often changes their mind, I see valid arguments on both sides. From one perspective, atheists are harder to control. I don't believe many atheists would argue that point. But on the other, atheists base their moral decisions on reason, not fear (which isn't really morality, but self-preservation). If I was a dictator, let's just say I would have a much easier time controlling the population's behavior utilizing religion than rationality. And that isn't to say that religion is totally irrational, but those are the best words to label (at least in my opinion) the difference between atheistic morality vs. religious morality (atheism being based, hopefully, in reason).
Ignoring the illogical stance of moral-relativity (sadly many atheists possess this delusional belief), atheists, when confronted with a moral dilemma, will use their capacity for empathy along with logical thinking to come up with an answer. A believer in God will defer to the bible or their religious leaders—in other words, no thinking required on their end. In general this is the problem with Christianity (and other similar religions) is that there is no critical thinking required—in fact it is often frowned upon.
The only argument against atheist's morality is that some people can use reason to justify horrible behaviors. But, as we all know, religious people do this as well, the only difference is the use God as a scapegoat. In general I've found that most atheists are good people, no one is perfect, but understanding why moral behavior is good is much more useful than blindly following orders.
Ignoring the illogical stance of moral-relativity (sadly many atheists possess this delusional belief), atheists, when confronted with a moral dilemma, will use their capacity for empathy along with logical thinking to come up with an answer. A believer in God will defer to the bible or their religious leaders—in other words, no thinking required on their end. In general this is the problem with Christianity (and other similar religions) is that there is no critical thinking required—in fact it is often frowned upon.
The only argument against atheist's morality is that some people can use reason to justify horrible behaviors. But, as we all know, religious people do this as well, the only difference is the use God as a scapegoat. In general I've found that most atheists are good people, no one is perfect, but understanding why moral behavior is good is much more useful than blindly following orders.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Atheism is more consoling
An atheist's worldview compared to a Christian's (or any other believer in a god) is much different. This is obvious, but which is easier? In other words, which worldview makes life easier? It's an interesting question. Does believing that loved-ones are in heaven make religion more consoling than atheism? Believing that a "someone" is responsible for the death of a loved-one (assuming the death is actually brought on by natural causes) can cause a lot of anger and frustration as oppose to believing that unconscious forces are responsible (no one is out to 'get you'). This is really applicable to all hardships. A person that believes in God must also believe that this being is responsible for all hardships (or at least for letting them happen). An atheist doesn't believe some being in the clouds is screwing with them from time-to-time. And as we know, believers in God aren't exactly known for their lack of paranoia (Fox News has already profited off this knowledge). We are wired to become much more upset when we believe a conscious being is responsible for harming us as oppose to unconscious forces that do no intend to harm anything. It's as simple as that. And I believe this is a consolation argument in favor of atheism (as oppose to the alternative).
The point of all this is that it seems very reasonable to assume that a person with true hardship will have an easier time coping as an atheist. In fact, if I believed my loved-ones were in heaven with that guy, it wouldn't be consoling at all. As long as a loved-one isn't forgotten, they are never lost—at least from our perspective.
Stay rational.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
I don't understand people like this. What do you think? - Imgur
I don't understand people like this. What do you think? - Imgur
Racists are precious. Imgur doesn't understand it, but it's easy to understand this mentality. It's the "I fear everyone that is different than me" coupled with the "things are different than when I was a child, therefore it is BAD!"
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