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Archive for September, 2008

To Convert Or De-Convert

I regularly hear and read christians and atheists say that we (atheists) want to convert christians to atheism. That is so wrong, we want to de-convert them. They were born un-converted, we all were, and then many of us unlucky one were converted to whatever religion our guardians believed in.

Yes, I want to de-convert all of the converted. I’m not the most educated person when it comes to debating with a theologion but everything they say is made up, how can you argue with that?

It’s the regular people that can easily be de-converted because all you have to do is get them to read the bible. Not the warm and fuzzy crap they spew in church, the crazy stuff they don’t tell you about because it’s crazy.

Do you want take make the world a better place? De-convert your family and friends and stamp out the ignorance that comes with religion.

The Religious Double Standard

Isaac Zamora went on a shooting rampage last week in Washington. He killed 6 people. His reasoning was “I kill for God. I listen to God.” His attorney, Keith Tyne, said “Clearly there are significant mental health issues at play.”

If you do something good in the name of “God” you are praised, but when you do bad it is “mental health issues”. Why do people who believe in God believe it when someone says God spoke to them and they did something generous but they refuse to believe God would have someone take out a few lost souls?

You can’t have it both ways. Either you believe God talks to people or you don’t and just because the action is bad doesn’t give you the right to reject it as crazy. If a person who does something bad in the name of God is considered crazy then that would also apply to anyone who does something good in the name of God.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_re_us/shooting_rampage

9/11

This is my first 9/11 as an atheist.

9/11 isn’t a holiday but it has become a day that Americans remember being attacked by religious extremist. America is the head of the snake. Yes, I know where I was on 9/11.

I was really ignorant about why anyone would hate our country. Like most Americans I spend my time with my family or working.

After becoming an atheist I now realize that religious extremist are what come from showing respect to religion. Religion doesn’t deserve respect nor should we give it. I’m not talking about people, I’m talking about religion. People can be religious, they can change and be non-religious, but religion will always be religion.

Labor Day

This is my first Labor Day as an atheist.

First I’m going to explain what Labor Day means to me now, then I’m going to look it up online.

Before Research: I have no idea what Labor Day is about. People working, is that it? Really?

After Research: It’s about people who worked over 100 years ago and got the day off. I guess they needed a holiday for that.

I worked on Labor Day and the Sunday before that and the Saturday before that. I run my own business and holidays mean nothing to guys like us.

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