Atheists believe that our destiny is in our hands. Prayers are futile, because there is no convincing evidence of a supernatural at work in our worldly affairs. Morality is a common human possession, developed in the course of history, and in the light of trials, adversities, and opportunities. Atheists affirm the interdependence of all life on this planet, and champion a cooperative, ecological approach in seeking the improvement of conditions for all inhabitants on our earth. Atheists believe, with James Madison, in the ideal of separation of church and state.
Atheists oppose any public funds going to the support of any church or religious program.
Education should be secular, scientific, and available to all. Atheism is a mental attidude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics verifiable by experience, and independent of all arbitray assumptions of authority. American Atheist INC Council for Secular Humanism Web Site Yahoo. In an ideal society, religion would be a tool for the improvement of human existence. However, today, it is a weapon for special interests and a divisive force that keeps mankind in a perpetual, bloody, power struggle between rival theologies.