Updated: 03/12/08
KNOW YOUR ATHEIST
What is it that makes one an
Atheist?
Why are some people Atheists
and some people Baptists? What is it that sets the Atheists apart from the rest
of mankind? What makes the Atheists different? The Jovial Atheist is going to
tell you. You are going to be shocked. The one main and crucial difference is
that Atheists live and demonstrate:
HONESTY AND
MORALITY
Atheists are not born
Atheists. Neither are Baptists born Baptists. (In the place of Baptists, you
need to insert your own religion. I just like to use the term Baptist and give
them the credit, because they were the ones that nurtured me into Atheism.)
First, it is important to
notice that a large majority of present day Atheists were first members of
religion and many were ministers, rabbis or priests. It is true; there are some
Atheists who never were religious, or connected with a religion. But you do not
become an Atheist unless you are concerned for truth and honesty, along with
the well being and morality of yourself (and all mankind). Most likely, you
will not become an Atheist unless you are distraught over the evils and
dishonesty of those who call themselves Christians, Muslims, Jews or religious.
You will most likely not become an Atheist unless you contrast the dishonesty,
hostility, lack of justice, lack of scientific knowledge, meanness and
self-conceit of the religious (most of them) with the higher more moral concept
of Atheism that you know is the right and wholesome way to think and
live. Most likely you will not become an Atheist if you do not accept and live
the wise and undeniable truth that:
You must not do
to others that which you would not have done to yourself.
This admonition is the
conclusion and only religion of most Atheists.
What Atheist has ever bombed
a hospital? What Atheist has ever shot a doctor over whether a woman should or
should not have the right to determine if she will be pregnant? What Atheist
has ever formed legislation to take away the justice and civil rights of any
group in this country? What Atheist has not sought for and hoped for, equality
at law, education and justice for all mankind? What Atheist has ever
lowered himself and ignored his principals to lobby for, or vote for, some prohibition
on anything (guns, drugs, scientific knowledge, sexual activity, etc.)? What
Atheist has not been belittled and scoffed at for not believing the
unbelievable tales and irrationalities of religion? What Atheist has not been
accused of being evil and a tool of the devil because he opposes the injustices
of the fanaticisms called the political right and the religious right? What
Atheist has ever entered into mob action against those who hold differing
opinions? What Atheist has ever written or told lies about the church? (The
truth is bad enough.) What Atheist has not been saddened by the "holier
than thou" attitude of the righteous? What Atheist has not suffered at the
hands, laws and lies of the righteous?
What Atheist is there who
does not know (if there were a just and moral god) the deity would not run the
selfish errands and chore, which the self-deluded believers beg him to run?
What Atheist is there who does not know that a moral god would not order
murder, war, hospital bombings, ethnic cleansing, mob violence, censorship,
tyranny, voter fraud, dissemination of lies, character assignations and thefts
from the common treasury of the United States to operate their schools and
churches? What Atheist is there who is ignorant of the major facts of science
and history?
What Atheist is there who
has not mourned and wept over the injustices and hostilities perpetrated by the
"righteous right" and the “political right?” What Atheist is there
who does not know that there is not one single fact, not even one single clue
that even hints at the truthfulness of the Bible? What Atheist is there who
does not know that down through the ages, scholars and historians have claimed,
and proved, that the whole New Testament is one big deception and lie?
What Atheist is there who does not know that religion is the biggest and most
profitable fraud ever fostered upon mankind? What Atheist is there who does not
know that the only people who stay religious are the lazy of mind, the
gullible, the ignorant, the unsane, the self-deluded and those who believe they
can get something for nothing from the sky?
So, first of all, to be an
Atheist, one must have a sense of morality and justice that is far greater than
the sham that religion calls morality. It is not that the righteous do not have
a pretty good idea of justice and morality. They do. What is different between
the morals of the Atheists and the morals of the righteous is, the Atheists
believe that morality and justice is for EVERYONE! The righteous believes morality
and justice is their own private property and is to be extended only
to themselves, to those who believe unbelievable things and to their selected
friends. And this difference becomes even more dismal when the Baptists (along
with the Catholics and others) declare that full morality and full justice is
not even to be extended to their own wives, mothers and daughters.
Now my friends, Atheists
KNOW something is wrong here!
Yes, Atheists are different,
and I say bless that difference. Why? Atheists are basically honest and desire
justice for everyone including themselves. Now, all Atheists are not
courageous so you may have an Atheist working with you and you do not know it.
This is because the Atheist knows you will start trying at once to SAVE him
from the mythological perils of Honest Doubt, Honest research and Honest
Thinking. He knows you will go for help and engage others in your zeal to win
the Atheist over to your delusion. He knows his name will be broadcast about in
various prayer groups and even from pulpits. He knows your people will begin to
look at him sideways. He knows that upon your failure to do the impossible
(convert him) you will begin to shun him and harass him and make working with
you a very unpleasant experience.
The Atheist knows that your
Christian attitude will soon compel you to begin belittling him, to accuse him
of dishonorable conduct, and eventually to engage him with hostility and
accusations of some immorality or evil. Character assassination will start.
Eventually, he will quit or be fired, and you will have a feeling of pride that
You have rid the environment of such an evil disbeliever. You will be proud.
You will get a star on your behavioral chart, which the Almighty's record
keeping department diligently records on their database. That is how you view
yourself. That is your morality at work. That is your justice in operation.
That is your Christianity. And don't forget, the work place may be the Senate
of the United States of America, or the House of Representatives, or the
Executive branch.
The problem with
Christianity is that, factually and logically speaking, it is as defenseless as
a cherry pie. And if you are a Christian, you know that too. Christians know
they cannot even understand, much less, logically prove their belief.
How can one believe something that he does not and cannot understand? Indeed,
the best minds of the world have sought to understand the many baseless claims,
contradictions and impossibilities of Christianity. All have failed! Christian
scholars know that there is no logic, no scientific fact and no single clue to
defend their religion. They know that only the gullible, the ignorant and the
mentally defenseless can possibly believe these unbelievable tales. NO ONE (not
even the TV preacher) knows what God sounds like, or with what accent he
speaks. Christians don't even know if Jesus has genitals or not.
Most Christians do not know
and have not checked to find out that there is not one single civil
source which shows that ANY of the things told in the New Testament are true.
The scholars of the Jews, the Romans and the Greeks all claimed that the tales
were untrue and they wrote during that time. They were the scholars and
historians of the period. Not one single civil source even mentions or
confirms any of the New Testament tales and happenings. Not one! NONE!
Why?
Most Christians do not know
that there are a few accounts that were later faked into some of the historical
writings of those who wrote during the time of the New Testament period. But every
scholar who studies the accounts agrees. Words and spellings were used in these
interpolations that did not come into usage until over two hundred years After
the originals writers died. Towns were named that did not come into existence
until over a hundred and fifty years after the original writers DIED.
The Jewish and Greek
scholars, who opposed the greed and injustices of the early church, wrote often
that there was not even a clue that verified any of the tales in the New
Testament. These scholars were very familiar with these current events and with
the early writers and historians. They all declared there was no
record and no truth to the tales. They searched and quoted from Jewish, Roman
and Greek records and accounts of the time of the New Testament formation, and
all declared there was NO record and NO proof of ANY of the Christian
claims. Only the writings of the church claimed these things as they sought to
herd the ignorant mass of people into their fold.
In the fourth century and
the seventh century, the church inserted a few accounts into some of the
earlier writings that look like a high school insert in the middle of a
professional account of the time. That is more proof they were illegally and
immorally added later. Actually, this is not bad for an outfit that cut off
heads and burned people at the stake if they didn't believe that one plus one
plus one equaled one.
WHAT IS A DELUSION?
If a person has a delusion
(or makes one up) that is contrary to the cultural beliefs of the time, then
that culture classifies that person as somewhat insane. If that deluded person
can convince some others that the delusion is true, then that delusion is soon
considered to be a belief and is tolerated. If over time, enough people can
be convinced that the delusion is true, then that delusion finally becomes a
religion. By and by, as a religion, that delusion is incorporated into the
cultural beliefs of a group of people.
Now the process comes full
circle. If someone DOES NOT believe that delusion, then that disbeliever is NOW
considered to be some what insane - an Atheist. So, Atheists are considered to
be somewhat insane according to the Baptists and the other "righteously
right" people. Why? The Atheists have studied the civil history and the
religious history. They have found the Christian claims and history to be made
out of bits and pieces of other ancient religions. Everything in the Bible can
be traced back to the same claims made by other religions, especially the
Mithraic Church and religion, which had their own Jesus Christ (savior
anointed). His name was Mithra and he died on the cross to save mankind from
his sin, once and for all time. He now sits at the right hand of God the Father
Almighty and intercedes in our behalf. Of course, in order to have this
Mithraic salvation, you must NOT DOUBT. YOU MUST BELIEVE, OBEY and be
baptized. There is nothing new in the Christian religion. So Christians still
say, you must believe and not doubt (just like the old religions).
CHRISTIANITY IS A
DELUSION
What we have here is a
declaration by the righteous that to Honestly Doubt and check up on these
religious claims is to be somewhat insane (not to mention lost and going
to hell). That is, to possess and use Honesty, Morality and Knowledge in their
research and search for the truth, is to be somewhat insane - or Atheistic. And
indeed, the Bible declares that position and concept to be absolutely correct.
The Bible declares that man's knowledge and wisdom is folly. Man's wisdom and
knowledge is classified as deceivers of mankind, a tool of the devil and
is to be shunned by all good believers. In other words, to remain a good
believer one must discard his Morality, his Honesty and his Knowledge and be
asleep (sorry, a slip there) a sheep. Of course, Teachers of religion MUST say
"believe and not doubt" in order to keep you from Honestly Thinking
about their claims in light of what you know to be true.
A belief cannot be dignified
by claiming it came from some divinity. It cannot be justified on the basis of
lies, falsified claims, murder, burning people at the stake or putting truth
tellers in jail. A belief cannot be proven true by pointing to other famous
unsane people and saying these famous people believed the lie, and therefore,
the lie is the truth.
A belief can only have
dignity and acceptance if it can be proven to be true. However, if it can be
proven true, it is no longer a belief, but now falls into the category
of fact and truth. This actually means, any belief, about anything, must
be classified by honest thinking people as doubtful, or false and untrue until
it is proven to be true, or at the least proven possible.
For two thousand years,
Christianity has been trying to prove that its myths and claims ARE true by
killing, torturing, putting in jail, belittling, shunning and mocking those who
say it is not true. Why do you not just prove your claims? If you can prove any
of it, I will be your first convert. I am always looking for TRUTH. To believe
something - does not make it true. To have someone tell you it is true - does
not make it true. To claim a deity told the tale - does not make it true. To
find out if something is true, you must investigate it from sources not
connected with the claim. There are NO civil sources outside of Christianity
that have even any commit upon the claims of the Christian religion, except to
declare that the claims are not true, and that NO record exists to even
study. No Jesus, no disciples, no Paul, no great disturbance as claimed by the
Bible. No Civil record. No nothing! Why?
Does Honest Doubt scare you?
Blind dishonest belief scares me!
But, those who honestly
think, who deal in the facts of a matter, who shun fables and myths, who hunt
for the TRUTH in all things, are condemned by your God and your Bible. The
religions have called these good moral people – Atheists and heretics. Your
belief claims that any Honest Doubt and any Honest hunt for the truth of these
religious claims is evil and a product of the devil. Not only that, Christianity
claims that one will go to hell if they check to see if they are telling the
truth - or not. Your religion also claims Atheists are in some manner insane
(or unsane) for not believing.
Yes, the Atheists are
different. They cannot accept the delusions of religions or politics. Why?
Because Atheists know, anything that cannot be examined or proven can only be
believed or doubted. They (by their philosophy) are then obligated to honestly
doubt it until evidence is brought forth which proves or at least makes the
claim possible. You see, Atheists are honest and they know if someone says,
"You must BELIEVE Jesus died for your sins to save you from hell."
what those righteous believers really mean when they say BELIEVE, is:
"DON'T YOU DARE CHECK
TO SEE
IF I AM TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH OR NOT!"
To honestly doubt, check, or
to question, the claims of a righteous right person is to commit a terrible,
terrible religious sin, which sends you to hell.
Atheists are honest people;
therefore, they are by nature honest doubters and honest checkers. That is,
they check up on claims to determine if they are true or not. They are also
practical. They know that man goes to great lengths to determine the truth
about any matter. We have judges, juries, courts, oaths, bookkeeping,
accounting, witnesses, scholarly research, astronomers, zoologists, biologists,
scientists of physics, investigations, rules, laws, spies, lie detectors and
all sorts of devices and procedures to determine the truth of something. Man
hunts for the truth in every matter and aspect of life - (EXCEPT ONE). Man
seeks to filter out the lies in every area known to mankind, - EXCEPT IN
RELIGION. It is only in religion where the untruth is allowed to
reign - unchecked and unchallenged.
We should ALL be ashamed! We
should all be Honest! We should all seek the truth! We should NEVER believe.
Belief is the absence of knowledge. You only believe something when there are
NO facts to support the claim. You only have to believe something when you know
something cannot be proven. To believe is to ignore your mind, your honesty,
your humanity and your right to possess the truth. Belief is only the property
of the dishonest, the lazy, the gullible, the ignorant and the people who want
wisdom without using honest clear thinking to get it. Belief is only for the
people who want knowledge without hard, honest, factual studying to get it.
Belief is for those who want victory without being valiant, who want wealth
without work and good health without practicing it. Belief is for those who
want love without being lovable, and who want happiness without making others
happy. Belief is for those who want the Almighty to run their chores for them.
Belief is for those who want something for nothing.
Belief is the ideal and goal
of those who will believe anything in the hope of getting SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
from the sky. Religion and gambling are one and the same in their goal and
motivation. The righteous are looking for the jackpot, for salvation for
themselves, for heaven, for the answers and rewards of their selfish prayers.
They seek to obtain power and rulership over the "others" who do not
believe in their delusions. And some of them want it NOW. And some will kill,
lie and slander for it.
WE SHOULD ALL BE
ASHAMED! WE SHOULD ALL BE ATHEISTS!
Yes, Atheists are different.
They are basically Moral and they are Honest. And believe me (or check up on
me) that IS different. In addition to that, they are smart. Have you ever met a
dumb Atheist? Have you ever met an Atheist who hasn't done his religious
homework? Have you ever met an Atheist who didn't know as much or more about
your Bible history than you do? Have you ever met an Atheist who did not
conduct his/her life in a generally Moral fashion? Have you ever met an Atheist
who was not totally satisfied with his disbelief and Honest Doubt? I
will guess that you have not.
Have you ever met any of the
"righteous right" believers who put TRUTH ahead of belief, who put
HONESTY ahead of faith, who put HUMANITY ahead of church, who put JUSTICE ahead
of judgment? I have not. Have you?
So, what makes one an
Atheist? His own Honesty and Morality does that. And the dishonesty and lack of
morality on the part of the believers, reaffirms his decisions. Honesty and
Morality makes Atheists. One's religious dishonesty, immorality and narrow view
of what is right and good makes one a Baptist (or religious).
AND THAT IS WHY I AM AN
ATHEIST!
My motto and religion is:
Do not do to others what you
would not have done to yourself.
***
Copyright July 1999 Thomas E.
Blaylock, Jr.