By Carl S ~
We are NOT going away. We have tolerated 2000+ years of being
silenced, suppressed, persecuted, tortured and killed, simply because
we disagree with religious beliefs. Don't expect us to back down. Over
the span of 2000+ years, you STILL have NO evidence to verify your
claims. And with every new piece of scientific evidence to back up
natural explanations formerly attributed to invisible "supernatural"
forces, your god melts like the Wicked Witch of the West. Don't expect
us to not keep reminding you of this as long as you arrogantly try to
force your will on the rest of society as "the laws of God." You have
no more legitimacy than any of the other thousands of religions.
So, get used to our voices. Adjust to opinions and beliefs other than
your own: beliefs in the rights of humans over themselves, in the
inherent goodness of mankind, and the destructiveness which is caused
through blind, unthinking obedience to dogmas.
If you didn't want us to get so pissed off, you shouldn't have treated
us, and continue to treat us, with such indifference, contempt, and
prejudice. We are sick of being belittled. We are also sick of the
arrogance and domination of your spokesmen, the televangelist
millionaires, with your support and quiet compliance eating up monies
in their houses of worship, while our fellow human beings die like
flies from preventable causes, starvation, and religious sectarian
wars. We are sick of watching hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness
masquerading as virtue.
We will not be denigrated because we "lack" superstitions, a.k.a.
"beliefs," and do not accept invisible, supernatural, ghost-forces in
control of Nature.
We will CONTINUE to promote reason, curiosity, and skepticism, despite
your efforts to thwart such thinking and reasoning. We shall fight for
our right to free expression. If your religious beliefs were truly
right, you would never have had to resort to the slayings you formerly
engaged in as a matter of policy; such methods are the hallmark of
someone in the wrong. Without them and without fear tactics, you would
not have been able to last this long. (Remember- the ancient Egyptian
gods were in existence longer than your god.)
Without your former controlling mechanisms, you are revealed as the
manipulating man behind the curtain, and we will continue to pull that
curtain back. Without those methods, you are left to be apologists,
and you are looking pretty unreasonable and often silly with those
explanations, when not downright cold regarding human suffering and
needs.
We realize, as African-Americans, homosexuals, and all others who
suffered prejudice have found out, that we also have rights you don't
want to recognize, and that we too, must fight like hell to get them.
We do not appreciate, for example, being left out as citizens, as you
demand your sectarian prayers at public functions. None of us will put
up with further bullying. You wouldn't, if a Moslem or Hindu took over
beginning a public meeting with his/her prayers, so you understand
where we're coming from. The tyranny of the majority is un-American,
and un- Constitutional.
If what you believe and maintain is so ultra-powerful and ultra-real,
why have you done everything possible to keep yourselves frightened
lest you hear any different interpretation of reality than your own?
After 2000+ years, the best you can come up with is to tell people to
"believe." That's it? What other system except the most repressive,
asks that of humans?
We are tired of boring sermons, hearing about a "Jesus", of whom no
proof is offered that he ever existed. We do not want any more
intransigent inflexibility from any quarter. Life is too short to
tolerate these things. No one in the 21st century should be asked to
believe without evidence anything claimed to be all-important. In the
past thousands of years we have learned and want to pass on to our
children and all children what has been discovered and confirmed in
that span of time. It would be morally unfair to teach them to return
to times of ignorance as if they were founts of wisdom. We will not
allow them to be mired in dark, cruel, immoral, scriptural mindsets,
and will oppose your efforts to promulgate them. If, for instance, you
cannot accept the fact of evolution, stand aside, because your
children CAN. Do not teach them that nature is wrong because it
doesn't agree with your scriptures. Please.
Our time has come. It is long overdue that we are allowed out in the
open, speaking out and known. You have had yours, and have seized it
with force, fear, threats, killings, indoctrination, and coercion. The
world is going away from those methods. We are not "getting even," we
are allowing the free flow of ideas and the quiet voice of reason to
speak. Step aside. And listen.
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