Posts tagged Mr Deity

(Didja ever notice the more you type week the more wrong it looks?)

This week is “A” Week. Raising awareness of how many are ‘Good without God’. I’ve seen comments from Atheists disparaging this effort, calling it slactivism. I don’t agree. Just like any other quiet minority, people need to know they’re not the only ones so advertising your non-belief makes the group stronger. And a strong base will make those changes we want to make even easier. People are less likely to stand up for themselves if they think they’re alone. So I’m using this as my avatar on Facebook this week.

Speaking of Facebook, I’ve been posting more and more atheism links there, probably making my christian and other religious friends feel like I’m attacking them. Kind of like WE feel every time we’re expected to say “under god” in the pledge, every time we’re expected to bow our heads in prayer when we’re not in church, every time some politician/sports star/actor tells us god is providing them with bonuses like they’re better than everyone else.

One of my favorite atheism sites is Friendly Atheist. It’s pretty passive and low-key, just pointing out interesting stuff. Not like r/atheism where they’re mean and spiteful and seem to be in attack mode all the time, except when they organized a charity fund raiser last December beating out the r/christians and r/islam members by a long shot. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) often calls atheists to action, either writing your politician or signing petitions. I also love Skepchick, of which atheism is just a small part, and my friend George Hrab’s podcast where he calls out the Religious Moron of the Week.

It seems atheism is on the rise, or at least people are feeling stronger about admitting it. There is a way to do it without attacking those who decide to stay with the invisible sky monster of their choice.

Just so you know:

• Atheists don’t eat babies. If they did, there wouldn’t be any babies around.
• Atheists aren’t trying to change your mind, they just want you to use it.
• Atheists don’t want to stop you from your worship of choice, we just want you to keep it to yourself. Keep it out of our public schools, our government and our military.
• Atheists are decent, caring, moral, generous, loving human beings, because it’s RIGHT to be so, not because we expect some reward in the next life. THIS is the only life you have.

I honestly don’t understand why people believe in a deity. If you read the bible, you’ll see so many things wrong with it! Try this site. And if you don’t believe in the bible, why do you believe in god? You almost can’t have god without the bible and the bible is bullshit written by power hungry leadership x-amount of years ago to keep the sheeple in line.

Think. Use your brain. Question. Don’t just go along because that’s what mommy and daddy expect, what you’ve always done. Really research WHY you are willing to put your life in the hands of something that can’t be bothered to prove itself.

Let me end with this:

OMD! I forgot the latest Mr. Deity! Enjoy:

If you want to you can comment why you’re an atheist or why you believe in some sky daddy. Let me know. I’m up for conversation as long as it doesn’t swing too far towards conversion.