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Tuesday, November 21, 2006


God Is Dead
or
A Student's Guide to Practical Atheism


Today's article goes out to those of my gentle readers who, in their search for identity, have experienced or are currently experiencing a crisis of faith. I wish to tell them that it's alright. Many individuals - especially those with proper education and above average intelligence - endure periods of diffusion. They begin questioning the church in which they where reared. They commence their own research, sometimes trying on various doctorines like so many pairs of designer jeans. This is perfectly normal. With the proper counseling, most of these individuals live out their lives as healthy, functional Atheists.

What one must realize is that all religion is crap. CRAP. You heard me. Don't make a face like I've said something shocking. Any monkey with a grasp of basic logic can deduce that the very principle of theism is TOTAL HOGWASH.

You Catholics out there, you Muslims, Jews, Shintos, Santerians, Goddess Worshipers, Neopagans, Wiccans, Baptists, Lutherins, and all other denominations I'm too lazy to list: you are all delusional. It's time to get real.

So how does one go about "getting real?" I recomend starting with the following film:






Bit of a mind bender, isn't it?

Now that we've loosened a thread, it's time to unravel the gunny sack wrapped around your head. Don't be shy. A little H.L. Mencken will keep you picking at it all night. In his book "On Religion," he poses a plausible theory of the origins and development of theism - that it sprang from the most human of traits, such as fear, greed, and the desire to control others. It's a good read. A bit dry, perhaps, but well worth it.

While you're waiting for the book to arrive from Amazon.com, go ahead and read through 50 simple proofs that theism is nothing but a delusion. It's a great website. Plain language makes it all the more digestable.

Don't you feel better now? Sure, you've lost your safety net, but there's no more cosmic big brother, either.

Only an Atheist can live a truly moral life, for moral behavior performed out of duty to god is simply blind obedience. An atheist who behaves morally and ethically does so out of genuine humanity.


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