Women have been consistently discriminated against more than any other class of people. They represent 50% of the world population and have been subject to prejudice and discrimination since the beginning of recorded history. Just think what will happen when women get organized and start asserting their full rights. They will literally change the world. […]
Religions Aren’t Real
Religions aren’t real. And the world needs to be constantly reminded of this. It will take many more generations for religions to fade into the background of society. But it’s the daily pressures and reminders like this that will do the job in the long run. By removing the casual religious believers from the middle […]
Social Crimes
Social crimes are “crimes” to the extent that they fail to produce, contribute to, or otherwise advance society. The classic examples are suicide, abortion, contraception, homosexuality, prostitution, drug use and gambling. These activities are personal in nature and not beneficial to the group. They aren’t necessarily counter productive like suicide. They just don’t promote or […]
Gay Rights And Population Control
Gay rights and population control should be looked at in tandem. Overpopulation will be the cause of progressively more problems in the future. Access to food and clean water is already a major problem in third world countries. Immigration and energy consumption are problems in first world countries as a result of overpopulation. Eventually the […]
An Unusually Honest And Insightful Christian Argument
I found this unusually honest and insightful Christian argument about the difference between Christian and non-Christian thinkers. Here is a short quote to peak your interest. Creationists and evolutionists, Christians and non-Christians all have the same evidence—the same facts. Think about it: we all have the same earth, the same fossil layers, the same animals […]
Will Drug Decriminalization / Regulation Work?
The goal of regulating drugs is to reduce its overall cost to society. Right now there are 3 general social costs of drug use. The cost to the drug users themselves in terms of human failure, misery, and time spend behind bars for those who get caught. The cost of criminal activity associated with drug […]
America’s Secular Values Are Under Attack
America’s secular values are under attack by Christian Right who want to impose their radical ideologies on America’s moderate Christians, Jews, Muslims, and atheists. They want to impose their fundamentalist ideologies about marriage, family, LGBT rights, etc. on everyone, regardless of their beliefs. This isn’t religious freedom – its religious encroachment. America’s founding fathers recognized […]
Statement Of Beliefs
This is a rough outline of my beliefs. Knowledge The scientific method (science) is the best tool to measure the truthfulness of knowledge (information). Science is the process of verifying the information we already have, looking for the new information we are anticipating, and discovering unanticipated information. Knowledge is gained by one of our five […]
Religious Intolerance
One of the the biggest problems with religions is that they don’t respect other views. In other words they aren’t tolerant of other religions or non religions. They want others to respect their religious views but will not allow others the same respect. And they can’t because to believe their religion is to believe that […]
The Twilight Years Of Religions
Religions are a product of ancient mans lack of knowledge. They are systems of thought based on the belief that there is a supernatural entity (god) who has the power to reward or punish based on someones actions. Religion are ancient societies misunderstanding of reality prior to modern science. Supernatural means it (god) can override […]
Religions Will Not Go Peacefully
I would like to think that religions will quietly fade away as the worlds grows more democratic and more educated. But that is not possible because progress is being interrupted by coercion and violence. Religions are on the run now, fighting back for their very existence. Democracy, education and western thinking are toxic to religions […]
The Plague Of Religion
Religion is the single biggest source of conflict and calamity in recorded history. It has been a plague on society for thousands of years. Religion is both a social and a mental disease. It’s a social disease because it’s occurrence is directly related to a child’s social environment during the first few years of their […]
Most Christians Don’t Believe In God
All “Christians” believe in a “god” but they don’t believe in the Christian God of the Bible. This is obvious from their behavior. If you do things that are counter to the Bible then you are saying that the Bible isn’t an accurate reflection of your beliefs. That you don’t believe in the Christian God […]
Is Religion A Root Problem Or A Symptom Of A Bigger Issue?
Religion is the belief system that supports a particular god. In reality, religion isn’t a root problem. Rather it’s a symptom. The root problem is the way we humans are informally educated through the process of socialization. We learn so much junk through socialization that by the time a young mind gets to the age […]
Original Sin
It’s interesting to note that according to Christian mythology, mans first and original sin was the quest for knowledge. To ask “why?”, as symbolized by Adam eating an apple from the tree of knowledge. To me this emphasis on cultivating ignorance is prima fascia evidence that man created god. If god created man he wouldn’t […]
What’s Right vs What’s Popular
The will of the people. The majority rules. These are noble concepts until they start imposing on the rights of the minorities. Which is often the case. But fortunately these forces are offset by “activist” who go against the grain to speak for the minorities. This is a necessary process because society is slow and […]
Blasphemy Laws Scare Me
It’s really disturbing to think that there are people who will kill you for speaking wrong about a fictional character. Several Muslim countries still prescribe the death penalty for anyone who insults their god or prophet. All non Muslims know these people are works of fiction. Characters in a book like Elizabeth Bennet an Fitzwilliam […]
Religions Can Only Survive Through Force And Coercion
Religions can’t survive without the use of force and coercion because they are artificial thought systems based on an absence of knowledge. They can only survive in an intellectually closed environment as evidenced by the inverse correlation between education and religiosity. When they are subject to outside (worldly, secular) knowledge they start losing followers to […]
If God Doesn’t Exist, Then Why Are Religions So Persistent?
That is a very good question. Religions have survived the centuries because they satisfy the basic human need for answers about the universe and our place in it. You see, religion is only possible in intelligent, thinking animals. God and religion are products of our own intelligence. Because our intelligence demands answers. And in the […]
Three Biggest Dangers Of Religions
Religions have been with us for thousands of years. But only in the last few hundred years has the power shifted from a religious society to a secular society. And the dangers of religions are now becoming obvious. There are the 3 main dangers that religions pose to believers and non believers alike… They displace […]