CHRISTMAS LIES: Santa vs. Jesus

Most of us grew up believing that there was this guy named santa who comes down the chimney once a year to leave us all presents. BUT only if you are good. Bad kids get coal and Santa keeps a list and knows who has been naughty or nice. I myself was never told this lie. I was told another lie about another Christmas myth...

The story of a magic man who lived over 2000 years ago. He did amazing things like walk on water and rise from the dead. Turns out he was the son of God. This magic man was crucified by the Romans and supposedly died for my sins. Then rose from the dead.

Fantasy is fantasy and lies are lies.It could be telling kids that a man in a big red suit will travel all over the world and deliver billions of presents in one night or telling people that a 2000 year old magic man died for my sins and when I die will decide if I was naughty or nice and if I will spend eternity in torture or peace.

An open Atheist for congress???

As a lifelong Atheist since age 13 it is nice to see an Atheist running for congress. In 2006 I made a run for state house but never made my religious views public. Some claim that at least 24 members of congress have privately admitted to being an atheist.  My only issue is that he is a democrat and I myself am a Libertarian/Republican. Nice to see anyway.

(CNN) -- This fall, for the first time in U.S. history, an openly atheist candidate is running for Congress. James Woods is fighting an uphill battle as a Democrat seeking to represent the very Republican 5th Congressional District in Arizona.

There are now no openly atheist members of Congress, even though nearly 20% of Americans report having no religious affiliation, according to the Pew Research Center, and between 5% and 10% of Americans do not believe in a supreme being.

So far, only one sitting congressman, Pete Stark of California, has ever admitted to being an atheist while in office. First elected in 1972, Stark came out of the atheist closet back in 2007, but he losthis re-election bid in 2012 after serving in the U.S. House for 40 years.

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Don't feed the Church!

The fact is all churches run on donations from individuals. The solution to killing these churches is to cut off the money. Easy enough, right?

The real problem I see is religious charities. Most of these organizations do some good around the world, but the problem is that they use this as an excuse to try to convert ignorant populations. So in the future when you see an ad for something like the Christian children's fund go online and find a reputable secular organization that does something similar. Then at least all the money will go to feeding and educating children and not to converting and preaching to them.

Religon = Insanity... juat a little fun

Here are a couple pictures that made me laugh.

A time to kill

The question comes up again and again if morality is universal or relative. Are there certain things that are just bad and should never be done as the 10 commandments tell us?

I will just touch on a few here. Do we all agree that it is wrong to kill? I think this premise is just wrong. I believe there is a time to kill and not just in a last defense of your life. If someone has just raped you and is then walking away. You see your purse laying on the ground with your hand gun in it. In the united states it would be consitered murder if you shot and killed him. I believe you would have every right.

What about infidelity and homosexuality? You can bet the gay lovers or person being unfaithful don't view their acts as immoral. With homosexuality as with many other things that only affect the individual doing them (drug use, prostitution etc) should be up to the individuals to judge morality. With infidelity I can see many situations where cheating could easily consitered moral. What about an abusive husband and the wife does not dare try to leave him. Should she be denied love or should she make the best of a bad situation and have relations with someone why treats her right?

My conclusion is that our morality in America is completely twisted. We have so many different groups that are always fighting about morality. Our laws from murder laws to infidelity laws are heavily influenced by the church and have no place in a modern society. There IS a time to cheat and yea a time to kill.

Time for a hat?

This picture says it all. Fog get the fact that it is insanity that people put all their faith in a made up being who controls all and just look at the costumes.

God is dead...or at least dying.

As a young Atheist I had always felt like I was normal. I thought most people were sceptical of god. Its common sense, right?
Then about three years ago something happened that clarified everything. I realized it is my generation that is sceptical not the general populace. I was visiting my Grandfather over the weekend. I am not sure how we got on the topic of religion but we did. I told him I was an Atheist. The look on his face was pure shock.
He was amazed and delighted. You see he is an Atheist too. His generation is overly religious. He could not believe it when I told him my generation was not very religious at all. They may be Atheist, Agnostic or just not practicing.
Now let's look at some facts:
Pew research did a poll on February 7th 2010 of Americans 18-30. The poll found that 25% of the millennial generation is not religiously affiliated. Once you get to people in their 40s only 15% are unaffiliated then by the 60s it goes down to 10%.
The only conclusion you can make from these numbers it that there is no future for god or religion in America. As my generation gets older and comes into power more secular policies will be put into practice. We will see an end to Christian based laws and an end to the debate over evolution vs creationism in schools. If this trend continues in 100 years America will be a secular nation with a small religious minority. That will be the day.

Debunking creationism with ..... common sense.

Have you ever had someone express a creationist view of the world and you laugh in their face thinking it is a joke? Only to find that you have completely insulted everything they stand for. I have.
If this ever happens to you there is no blame. Maybe these things made sense to primitive cultures 2000 years ago. Today we have this thing called science. Science is based on fact while religion is based on fairy tales.
Don't worry though, you have common sense on your side. Throughout history religion has worked very hard to to suppress every scientific discovery as they emerged because each discovery proves the religion false. We know for a fact that the earth is billions of years old not a few thousand. We know for a fact that humans and other animals evolved over time. Yet even today some public schools teach creationism. Some members of congress don't believe in evolution. Even most people who claim a religion believe in evolution.
If 90% of everything a religion ever told anyone has been proven false on all fronts how can we believe anything they say.
Its only common sense.

An Atheist view on gay marriage

I am happy to be able to say that I live in one of the growing number of states that allow gay marriage. Sadly these same people who get married here in Vermont are denied federal benefits. This is completely in acceptable for a supposedly civilized country in the year 2013. It is nothing but the simple minded agenda for the religious right. These so called conservatives make ignorant arguments that are supposed to scare people.
Example 1: " If we allow gay marriage people will want to make Polygamy legal".
My thoughts: OK. Enjoy your many wives. What's the problem?
Example 2: " If we allow gay marriage people will want to make polyandry legal".
My thoughts: Again. Have fun with that. Enjoy your many husbands.
Example 3: " If we allow gay marriage people will want to legalize polyamory and group marriage".
My thoughts: why should I have a problem with that. If crazy religious people think they can stop any of these things by passing laws they are sadly mistaken.
Example 4: " If we allow gay marriage people will want to marry their animals".
My thoughts: come on! Anyone who thinks this is something people are going to worry about has problems.
These scare tactics don't work. Then the last resort is always " you are going to hell". Someone telling me I am going to hell is just as scary and real as someone telling me Santa won't bring me presents this year.