Written; 04/15/08

 

CHAPTER 38

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO

 

            If you have read the online edition of Honest Man’s Philosophy (HMP), and read most, or all of the articles on the Jovial Atheist website, you see both the need and the hope that this information can and should be made available to as many people as possible. For me this is a labor of love for my fellowman caught up in the sticky traps of religion and superstition. It hurts me that mankind’s spiritual quest is diverted and stagnated by these false religions. Atheism is not disbelief in a God. Atheism is belief in yourself and belief in personal development and betterment of all your circumstances. Atheism is the first step you can take to free yourself from the falsehoods and diversions of life. It is your first step to self-improvement, spiritual growth and happiness in the midst of our troubles. Atheism is the real “Born Again” of your life.

 

I am neither financially able nor fully informed on the available methods of advertising the truths found on this site. The income I have comes from a small Social Security check and a very small monthly payment on the bookstore I sold (in 2000) to a very lovely and energetic lady. She will finish paying the store off in about three years.

 

            My hope is that you will adopt the Jovial Atheist and make this website and the book, Honest Man’s Philosophy, your own. Take up some of the responsibility for getting this philosophy before the eyes of the public and the people who desperately need the information found here. The first thing you can do is to buy a personal copy for yourself. The cheapest price is from the publisher, Author House. As you can see, this is a self-publishing firm and the cost of getting this book published was a good bit over three thousand dollars ($3000). Hey, to me that is a massive amount of money.

 

The next best price is from Barns and Noble. Personally, I think the best way for advancing the knowledge of this book is for you to buy it from a bookstore. This encourages them to stock it as a regular item in their store. Ask for it in every bookstore and library you enter even after you have your own copy. This will help.

 

If you have a website, please link to the Jovial Atheist or make some nice remarks about the site and about Honest Man’s Philosophy. I plan to link good sites to my site only by URL. So, if you wish your link to be shown on the Jovial Atheist site send me an e-mail with your URL to verify that.

 

If I had the means, I would send a copy of HMP to every minister, politician, professor, rabbi, priest, CEO, and celebrity in this country. But, sad to say, I can’t even send copies to my friends. My own children have to buy their own copies. No, I am not destitute but by myself, I cannot take the truths and information found on this site to all those whose lives could be changed for the better by it. Now you could send a copy to you friends or recommend it to them. If you have some surplus money, you could send copies to those you feel could benefit by HMP. I suggest you send copies to those you do not know anonymously. They may not thank you now but they will thank you later after some of the information has sunk into their brains and personality.

 

A small classified ad might bring some results such as:

“Don’t miss the book: Honest Mans Philosophy” or

“Have you read: Honest Man’s Philosophy?” or

“Wake up and live: www.jovialatheist.com” or use your own imagination.

 

If you know some wealthy person who shows some sympathy toward clear thinking people like Mr. Ted Turner or some professor in our colleges and universities, send them a copy of HMP. Especially do we need to get HMP into the hands of our college students. Send the students you know a copy.

 

We are simply sowing the seeds of a better tomorrow. One day religions and superstitions will be relegated to the back burner and indeed may be removed from our lives all together by the new findings of our sciences, our understandings of the mind and above all by a return to more moral thinking and acting.

 

What can you do? You can simply do what you can. You will not get a star in your crown. But then, you will not be burned at the stake either. You may even find new friends who are clear thinkers and who will enjoy your company as you will enjoy theirs. May you find kindred spirits with whom to celebrate life. May you help your fellowman to live better and to think better. May you sleep well at night.

 

Thanks for any help you can render!

 

Thomas E. Blaylock

(Jovial Atheist)

 

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