The Real Cost Of Religious Faith - Atheist Experience 696

Pope Benedict will soon face charges of Crimes Against Humanity

Oh no!...The Pope is going to be,...somebodies bitch! Say it ain't so!

That's right my friends, Pope Benedict will soon face charges of Crimes Against Humanity from the International Criminal Court according to informationmedia.info, and examiner.com. Whether these sources are reputable, I do not recall. However, I do know that renowned Atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens stated earlier that they themselves were prepared to bring him up on charges.

What, you may ask could the master of morality, the humblest of men in fancy dress, have ever done to deserve this? Well, we are all aware of the priestly perverts being shuffled around the world to 'save their victims' from their abuse, and the denial of the church of the whole ordeal.

This of course would not be enough to go against his holiness. Surely not since no one seems to care, as proven by the fact it has happened so often for so long a time, and the people have done nothing. The second reason for this charge a little thing he said to the people of Africa. He told an AIDS stricken people that wearing condoms is a sin. In his own words, the Pope stated "The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids.". Simply put, don't protect yourself, let God do it. This genocidal statement has turned much of the world against him, even some of his own Catholic supporters.

Personally, I do not believe this should directed solely at Benny. The entire Vatican should be torn down, and the religion abolished along with it's sister religions. This is highly unlikely to ever happen, but a man can hope. The real question is, can a Pope be convicted of any crime? We are, of course, talking about the most powerful man on the planet. He may not have nuclear weapons...as I said, he MAY not have nuclear weapons,.. But he does have a mass of zealots ready to lay down their lives for him, disregarding anything he does wrong completely.

Do I think The Pope should be convicted? Duh.... I think his punishment should be life in an African prison where his new husband likely has AIDS. I don't always believe in an eye for an eye, but in this case, I will make an acceptation. I conceder this man a murderer who planned on genocide. He deserves the most painful of punishments. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.... I doubt it seriously.....

Anti-Evolution Legislation Tennessee

I just read yet another article about religion fucking up our future with superstitions of the past. Here is the article;

Anti-Evolution Legislation Tennessee

Now... The gist of this new legislature, if passed, will basically force the schoolboards of Tennessee to help explain the flaws in certain sciences. The examples given were: biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning. Do any or all of these examples sound somewhat religiously biased?

Let me be perfectly blunt right now. There ARE NO FLAWS in Evolution. NONE. There are small details I am sure that have yet to be discovered, and the original theory has been altered some since it's inception. This does not mean there are flaws in it.

These are uneducated useless people that have been told that evolution is false by some preacher who has about as much education as they do. This is the blind leading the blind with torches and spears. Anyone who goes against a proven scientific theory without the knowledge to back it up is of no use to the modern world and should be given no freedoms of speech. That's right, you heard me! I love the freedom of speech, without it, this blog would not exist. However, it should come with the limitation of knowledge in whatever the fuck your speaking against.

I would never, ever speak against say... Hinduism. Yes, I know it's some form of religion, and as an atheist, I am supposed to hate it. I don't. I don't know the first thing about Hinduism, so I won't say shit about it. Without knowledge, I haven't the right.

The fact that these idiots speak against Evolution only prove it as a fact. They are uneducated, superstitions, and let's face it, primitive. Their biology may match the rest of the human population, but they are less evolved. They yell and scream about 'not coming from monkeys'.... Well, I don't. I come from an ape-like species that eventually separated into ape and man. Anti-Evolutionists.... THEY came from monkeys.

I have been having a slight issue as of late. My problem is that of intolerance. I am not referring to bigoted religious zealots, I am speaking of myself. I have had a very difficult time lately when it comes to theists trying to argue their point, failing, then reasserting that same point. The slightly more intelligent ones tend to rephrase said ascertion, but it is all the same to me.

I will try and give you the simplest example I can;

"I don't believe in any gods"

"Then you are going to Hell. You don't want to go to hell do you?"

"I don't believe in Hell. It is part of the same mythology that your god is from."

"God is not a myth! You sir, are going to Hell!....You Don't want that do you?"

Right now Jiminy Cricket is jumping up and down on my shoulder screaming "Run Asshole Run!". I smile as sweetly and understandingly as I possible can, and try and explain why threatening me with an invisible stick is useless unless he can prove its existence. All the while I'm scraping my feet on the ground like a bull ready for some fun.

This reaction is just fine when I'm debating (if you can call it that nowadays) on the internet, but when I'm face to face with someone being that blatantly ignorant and stubborn, I'm a bit scared what I might do next. Mind you, until just a few years ago, I had an extremely short fuse, ready to blow at any moment. I've spent the last few years learning to calm those instincts. This worked until recently.

So world...What Do you do to keep yourself stress free? Specifically, what do you do to keep yourself from knocking some idiot on his ass? I would love to learn some new methods because the more I look around, the dumber the world seams to get.

Yours Truly
Reyak