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description: Atheists reject all teachings of all religions. The Atheist knows that god did not make man. The opposite is true - man made god in the image and likeness of a man in the form of a virile Greco-Roman male in his early prime. Man completed this effort over 2300 years ago. With this creation came religion. We know that religion requires unconditional belief and complete submission without thought. Any discipline based on belief in mans written words - requires complete submission - without concern for facts; and a set of rules that knowingly and completely overlook self-determination - appears cult like trivial and not worthy of respect. Upon examining the benefits of believing Atheists realize that any benefit or benefits derived from affiliation with religion are at their very best meaningless or insignificant. Atheists are aware of atrocities committed in the name of spiritual superiority. Atheists view these events as wasteful shameful and as always elusive of any perceived victory and devoid of any social redeeming qualities or values. Accepting this truth is imperative as it is so easy to verify too many lose contact with reality based on trivial religious beliefs and bizarre religious doctrine. Most of religions beliefs are products of the ninth thru fifteenth century - the Dark-Ages period of Western Europe. These products include very basic child-like stories intended for the most uneducated members of society including pseudo horror stories. The stories are about demons evil spirits devils and the like. However the target audience changed now religion is an exceedingly mainstream belief system and extremely profitable for its promoters. Religions impact on our society is shocking almost mind boggling. The wild stories work even today. If you are a clever preacher you can tell your followers you saw a man walk on water. Many will believe you. The answers to the so-called mysteries of faith never elude us as they are in any public library. Most are just too lazy complacent stupid or fearful to conduct the required research to explore such topics. He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors Thomas Jefferson April 13 1743  July 4 1826 Truth is not in demand in this society. We stand in abject fear of learning the truth. In being honest with ourselves we must admit and accept that of our own volition we constructed a high tech do-it-yourself version of the European Dark-Ages in this so-called 21st century. We refer to this as fundamentalism. After a thousand years of mental conditioning we must admit the churches trained us too well. Now these habits are difficult to break but changing a habit is not impossible. Always remember... After your death you will be what you were before your birth Arthur Schopenhauer February 22 1788  September 21 1860
language: English
title: An Atheist Manifesto
publisher: None