Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in many places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

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“I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation’s attention from the rest of the service.”

—Andrew Carnegie, Scottish atheist, famous philanthropist. Carnegie viewed the world through naturalistic and scientific terms, stating “Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.” Over Carnegie’s lifetime he donated $4.3 billion dollars to help establish world peace, build libraries, contribute to education, and conduct scientific research. Outstanding example that religion is not required to do good things.

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Spiritual path.

Jesus:

Dude, you have to stop interrupting me when I'm preaching to the people.

Judas:

But you keep getting everything wrong! Earlier you spent forty-five minutes discussing how God made Moses live in the belly of a whale!

Jesus:

Screw you, I'm the expert on this shit. I practically wrote the damn Bible.

Judas:

You don't know a thing. I bet you thirty pieces of silver you can't name the books of the Torah.

Jesus:

Sure I can. Genesis. Exodus. New Moon. Eclipse... And... Genesis, again.

Judas:

Frankly, I'm amazed you got the first two. Now pay up.

Jesus:

To live the spiritual life, you must forsake money, Judas.

Judas:

Give. Me. The thirty. Pieces. Of silver.

Jesus:

I don't have it, and I wouldn't give it to you if I did.

Judas:

I'm getting that money, asshole.

Jesus:

Sure, over my dead body!

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Who could say that human nature can endure such a trial without slipping into madness? Why this ghastly, needless outrage? Perhaps there is a man to whom the death sentence was read and who was allowed to suffer and then told, ‘Go, You are pardoned.’ Perhaps such a man could tell us something. This was the agony and the horror of which Christ told too. No, you cannot treat a man like that.

The Idiot, Dostoevsky. (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

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If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

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Posted on October 17, 2010 via Oh, me. with 192 notes

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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand

Professor :

You are a Christian, aren't you, son?

Student :

Yes, sir.

Professor :

So, you believe in GOD?

Student :

Absolutely, sir.

Professor :

Is GOD good?

Student :

Sure.

Professor :

Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL?

Student :

Yes.

Professor :

My Brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent)

Professor :

You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is GOD Good?

Student :

Yes.

Professor :

Is Satan good?

Student :

No.

Professor :

Where does Satan come from?

Student :

From...GOD...

Professor :

That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student :

Yes.

Professor :

Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student :

Yes.

Professor :

So who created evil?

(Student did not answer)

Professor :

Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?

Student :

Yes, sir.

Professor :

So, who created them?

(Student had no answer)

Professor :

Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe The World around you. Tell me, son...have you ever feen GOD?

Student :

No, sir.

Professor :

Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student :

No, sir.

Professor :

Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?

Student :

No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor :

Yet you still believe in HIM?

Student :

Yes.

Professor :

According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student :

Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor :

Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student :

Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor :

Yes.

Student :

And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor :

Yes.

Student :

No, sir. There isn't...

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)

Student :

Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat,

Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero

Which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as Cold.

Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.

We cannot Measure Cold.

Heat is Energy.

Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was pin-drop dilence in the Lecture Theatre)

Student :

What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as

Darkness?

Professor :

Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?

Student :

You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of

Something.

You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light...

But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its

Called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't. If it is,

You would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor :

So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student :

Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor :

Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student :

Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue

There is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are

Viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and

Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that

Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.

Death is Not the Opposite of Life, just the Absence of it

Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from

a Monkey?

Professor :

If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process,

yes, of course, I do.

Student :

Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the

argument was going)

Student :

Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at

work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,

Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?

Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in uproar)

Student :

Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the

Professor's brain?

(The Class broke out into laughter)

Student :

Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's

brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?...

No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable

Protocol, Science says that you have No Brain, sir. With all due respect,

sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The Room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face

unfathomable)

Professor :

I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student :

That is it sir...Exactly!

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.

That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

That student was ALBERT EINSTEIN.

Posted on June 28, 2010

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atheistcartoons.com » the madman

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A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?

Stephen Colbert, I Am America (And So Can You!) (via cocknbull) (via brave-slut) (via lipstick-feminists) (via skirtonfire) (via clitorisaurusrex) (via fight-war-not-wars)

Posted on June 27, 2010 via the [blog] remains the same with 159 notes

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Relating to God

Spiritual path.

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand

A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?