“An atheist loves his fellow man instead of god. An atheist believes that heaven is something for which we should work now – here on earth for all men together to enjoy. An atheist believes that he can get no help through prayer but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple with it, to subdue it, and enjoy it. An atheist believes that only in a knowledge of himself and a knowledge of his fellow man can he find the understanding that will help to a life of fulfillment. He seeks to know himself and his fellow man rather than to know a god. An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated. He wants man to understand and love man. He wants an ethical way of life. He believes that we cannot rely on a god or channel action into prayer nor hope for an end of troubles in a hereafter. He believes that we are our brother’s keepers and are keepers of our own lives; that we are responsible persons and the job is here and the time is now.”
— Definition of atheism given to the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Murray v. Curlett, 374 U.S. 203, 83 S. Ct. 1560, 10 L.Ed.2d (MD, 1963)
(via alwaysalliemae)
“You can’t just say there is a God because well the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children. You have to account for the fact that almost all animals in the wild live under stress with not enough to eat and will die violent and bloody deaths, There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.”
— Stephen Fry
“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”
— Christopher Hitchens
just hitch being badass…
Hitchen and Fry, please adopt me and educate me!
i may not be jesus, but i can turn water into kool-aid
Does that mean if I don’t believe in God, therefore god doesn’t exist…
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
— Carl Sagan (via atheistinspiration)
Questions..
Questions to ask yourself or others of Christianity…
- Is it not likely that if you were born in Cairo you would be a Muslim, like 840 million people?
- Is it not likely that if you were born in Calcutta you would be a Hindu, like 650 million people?
- Is it not likely that if you were born in Jerusalem you would be a Jewish, like 13 million people?
- Is it not likely that if you were born in Peking you would be a Buddhist?
- Is it not probable that you are Christian because your parent were before you?
- If there is a loving God, why does me permit, or create, natural disasters, which kill thousands of men, women, and children?
- How can a loving, omnipotent God permit,or create incurable illnesses that affect millions of men, women and children?
- How could a loving Heavenly Father create an endless Hell and subject people to it because the do not or cannot or will not accept certain beliefs? How can he torment them forever?
- Why are there literally hundreds of Christian denominations and independent congregations, all of them basing their beliefs on the Bible, but they think all others are in some way wrong?
- If all Christians worship the same God, why can they not all put their differences aside and co-operate?
- If God is a loving God, why does he so seldom answer his children’s prayer?
- The Bible says “Thy God is a jealous God”. But if you are omnipotent, eternal and the creator of everything, of who could you be jealous of?
- In a world of suffering and starvation, why do Christians spend millions on cathedrals and comparatively little on the poor and needy?
- Why when so many men, women and children are starving to death in a parched land, would a God let this happen when all they needed was rain?
- Why is the largest Christian Church controlled entirely by men, with not a single woman permitted to become a priest, monsignor, bishop, archbishop, a cardinal or a pope?
Just some things to consider…
If you have any answers feel free to comment
About fucking time, just gained so much love for seth macfarlane…
“Religion is like a Penis.
It’s fine to have one.
It’s fine to be proud of it.
But don’t whip it out in public and start waving it around.
And do don’t try to shove it down anyone’s throat.
-unknown”
It’s fine to have one.
It’s fine to be proud of it.
But don’t whip it out in public and start waving it around.
And do don’t try to shove it down anyone’s throat.
-unknown”
