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Mano Singham's Web Journal - 3/17/11
The last hope of religion is the fear of death. Fear of death is what religion thinks of as its trump card. In any discussion with believers, they will invariably get around to talking about how you (as an atheist) are risking your immortal soul and ask whether you are not fearful of what will happen in the afterlife. I know that this is coming and tell people who raise this that when I die, nothing spectacular will happen and that I will simply cease to be, with my body returning to the basic elements. I am quite comfortable with the idea. This clearly disconcerts the people who raise it since they are so obviously scared of death and see god as some kind of 'get out of death' card. It is important that we develop an acceptance of death as an inevitable fact of life and I am preparing a series of posts on atheist views of death that will appear some time in the future, unless I die first, of course!
Why atheism is winning is because when a belief structure has no empirical basis, it only survives by everyone agreeing to maintain the illusion that it makes sense. It is the emperor's new clothes syndrome. But such beliefs are highly prone to sudden collapse as soon as it begins to be pointed out that there is nothing there. Once a tipping point is reached, changes in unsupported beliefs (whether it be god or racism and homophobia) can occur very rapidly.
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On The Last Word, O'Donnell cleans the clocks of Glenn Beck, King Jackass of Fox News, and the Book of Revelation.
BBC - 3.22.11 by Jason Palmer
A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.
The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.
The team's mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one.
The result, reported at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, US, indicates that religion will all but die out altogether in those countries.
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Pastor Accused of Denying Communion to Churchgoers Who Didn't Give Tax Refunds
Members of a small Baptist congregation in Texas say their pastor denied them communion after they refused to give him their tax refunds, MyFoxHouston.com reports.
Parishioners at the Houston Unity Baptist Church claim the pastor, John Goodman, asked members of his congregation to hand over their tax refunds to the church.
"He said for all those who are getting a tax refund, 'How many are you are going to give it to the church?'" said one church member, who spoke to the station on condition of anonymity.
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Question: Why does God have to speak through preachers? Why can't he just tell each of us what he wants us to know? Every day I disseminate important information to scores of people at once. It's called email. Surely God can speak to everyone, can't he?
I'll tell why he doesn't. Two reasons. First, he doesn't really exist, and therefore has nothing to say. Second, the people who claim that God told them to give you a message are trying to control you.
You sit there every Sunday while the jackass preacher tells you what God told him or her to pass on to you, and you pay your tithes so he or she can have a nice house and an iPad and boast about the size of his or her "ministry," you.
So now you know.
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Think about the psychology that would motivate a man to take a vow of celibacy for God. Granted that a disinterest in sex is part of the same spectrum of sexuality that includes heterosexuality and homosexuality. I guess it would be called asexuality, and there's nothing whatsoever wrong with that. But what about someone whose sexuality shames them? One way of trying to manage it, however mistakenly, might be to become a catholic priest. Not surprising then that so many of them act out, to the detriment of their countless victims.
International preacher Odulele admits sex offences
Dr Albert Odulele, the 'charismatic' head of a London-based evangelical church faces jail after admitting two sexual assaults. The case came to light following an exclusive report from Channel 4 News.
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