Atheisme voor dummies
Geplaatst: 07 jul 2013 18:58
Seth van Thinking Atheist werd een beetje moe van al die onnoz..... gelovigen die binnen komen op dit forum en facebook. En de aanwezige atheïsten iets gaan vertellen over wat het geloof inhoudt, dat atheïsme ook maar een geloof is etc. Met een ingezonden brief legt hij het nog een keer uit. Vermoedelijk zal er een zekere herkenning zijn over zijn bevindingen.
Voor degene die zinnen gaan quoten. Let er even op dat je kiest uit Seth of Piet.
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A tremendous percentage of us came from religion. "Explaining" it back to us is equivalent to telling a veteran cyclist how to work the pedals.
We think it's ridiculous when you post requests for healing prayer, especially as you receive treatment by trained medical professionals. Remember that your omnipotent, all-loving God allowed the cancer, the house fire, the head-on collision, and while you continue to lob your petitions for heavenly assistance, the paramedics were on the scene in about five minutes.
We don't hold that All Belief Systems Deserve Respect. You don't get preferential treatment just because you hold a cherished opinion or faith. When we examine your beliefs under the white-hot light of science, history and reason, it doesn't make you a victim. You're not oppressed. You won't be pitied because this environment sharply affects thin skin. Nor are we required to give audience to the evangelical verve that accompanied you into the room. This is a haven for the skeptic.
"It makes me happy" is about as impressive an argument as "I don't have cooties." Ignorance may be bliss, but it's not going to win you any favor here.
You had a personal experience? That and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Communion. It's creepy.
We think it's ridiculous that you'll visit half a dozen car lots, test drive 15 vehicles, check Blue Book and accident history, read Consumer Reports for vehicle ratings and argue with the salesman before owning a car, yet you've owned your infinitely-more-important religious worldview without even knowing who wrote the book of Genesis.
If you hold to a deity that carved mountaintops, relieves cold symptoms and makes rainbows while allowing the violent drowning deaths of 230,000 tsunami victims, perhaps it's time for a priority check.
Teaching impressionable children to fear Hell is child abuse. You should be ashamed of yourself for betraying the trust of our youngest and most vulnerable. The nightmares that many of these children will carry into adulthood are on your shoulders.
Atheism isn't a religion. It's not a church. We don't believe in any gods. We don't erect temples of worship to Richard Dawkins or Carl Sagan. We don't place science books in hotel rooms (although that's not a bad idea). We don't threaten eternal torment for the rejection of atheism. We don't assert that atheists are required to surrender 10% of their income to the atheist cause. And if we qualify as a church because we're a gathering of like-minded individuals, can you please tell us where we can apply for immediate tax-exempt status?
Voor degene die zinnen gaan quoten. Let er even op dat je kiest uit Seth of Piet.
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A tremendous percentage of us came from religion. "Explaining" it back to us is equivalent to telling a veteran cyclist how to work the pedals.
We think it's ridiculous when you post requests for healing prayer, especially as you receive treatment by trained medical professionals. Remember that your omnipotent, all-loving God allowed the cancer, the house fire, the head-on collision, and while you continue to lob your petitions for heavenly assistance, the paramedics were on the scene in about five minutes.
We don't hold that All Belief Systems Deserve Respect. You don't get preferential treatment just because you hold a cherished opinion or faith. When we examine your beliefs under the white-hot light of science, history and reason, it doesn't make you a victim. You're not oppressed. You won't be pitied because this environment sharply affects thin skin. Nor are we required to give audience to the evangelical verve that accompanied you into the room. This is a haven for the skeptic.
"It makes me happy" is about as impressive an argument as "I don't have cooties." Ignorance may be bliss, but it's not going to win you any favor here.
You had a personal experience? That and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Communion. It's creepy.
We think it's ridiculous that you'll visit half a dozen car lots, test drive 15 vehicles, check Blue Book and accident history, read Consumer Reports for vehicle ratings and argue with the salesman before owning a car, yet you've owned your infinitely-more-important religious worldview without even knowing who wrote the book of Genesis.
If you hold to a deity that carved mountaintops, relieves cold symptoms and makes rainbows while allowing the violent drowning deaths of 230,000 tsunami victims, perhaps it's time for a priority check.
Teaching impressionable children to fear Hell is child abuse. You should be ashamed of yourself for betraying the trust of our youngest and most vulnerable. The nightmares that many of these children will carry into adulthood are on your shoulders.
Atheism isn't a religion. It's not a church. We don't believe in any gods. We don't erect temples of worship to Richard Dawkins or Carl Sagan. We don't place science books in hotel rooms (although that's not a bad idea). We don't threaten eternal torment for the rejection of atheism. We don't assert that atheists are required to surrender 10% of their income to the atheist cause. And if we qualify as a church because we're a gathering of like-minded individuals, can you please tell us where we can apply for immediate tax-exempt status?