Doctrines do not offer a divine validation for hatred. They were devised
specifically to masquerade as divine validation in order to offer a clean
conscience to men who had horrible ideas. Religion is simply a way for
horrible people to continue acting like horrible people—but not feel bad
about it. It is a cancer of the conscience that is eating away at the basic
humanity that each of us knows is noble. Quite honestly, most people are
just plain too good to be following such horrible ideas. If you have shown
even an ounce of compassion for another life on this planet, then I’m here to
tell you that you are too good to worship any God ever proposed by any
doctrine, because those doctrines are tales of Gods who have loathed
mankind. They are tales of vengeful tyrants bent on domination through
force, and they merely reflect the power-hungry minds of the men who
devised them.
Excising the Tumor
When treating cancer, there are typically two routes to treatment. The first
is non-invasive treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
The second is the invasive method, consisting of surgical removal of the
tumor. This second method is how atheists like myself take to treating the
cancer that is religion. It has to be cut out. The surgery is going to hurt. It’s
going to leave the patient in pain. But once they start to recover, they will
see that the pain was worth it.
I’ve certainly hurt some people’s feelings doing what I do. I’ve made a lot of
people angry. But anger is a funny thing, because it has a way of making
people honest. Some of the most heartfelt messages I get from people
about the content I post on my Facebook page, come from anger. Many are
pure venomous rage, but at least it’s honesty. That means we’re getting
somewhere. If I can just get them to take a good look at themselves, then
maybe I can get them thinking again.
But I’ve still got to keep hacking away at the root of the problem – “The
Divine Facilitator.”
A Snake In My Home
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