Religion

Religion declares knowledge that is impossible to know, boasts of powers it does not have and claims moral authority it does not deserve.

I would that I could

I would that I could strip away the mendacious veil that covers the eyes of the faithful, with soothing words so reasonable that even the meanest of gods would melt into obscurity.

Why I want to be like Christopher Hitchens

Why I want to be like Christopher Hitchens:
He speaks truth to power, and does not flinch or look away. He defies religious zealots by exposing the soft under belly of their argument and then publicly disembowels their certainty. He insults the meanness of the righteous, and the ignorance of the faithful. He is an intellectual gladiator who inspires me to enter the arena.

When Reason Falters

When reason falters and logic fails in the presents of faith; stand fast in your own conviction that ignorance is not knowledge and gullibility is not strength. For Truth is not just a word or an idea, it is that which can be proven.

God a Rorschach Illusion

What you preceive is yourself.
It is We that give reality meaning and texture.
We are the Universe become conscious, the maker of gods.
How lucky are We?

Faith, a ticket to godhood

To the believer faith is a ticket to godhood.
But to me, faith binds the believer in a mental trap that shuts off intellectual inquiry.
It is an illusion making machine that never allows evidence to undermine its certainty.
Faith makes the believer into a willing participant in their own deception,
by hypnotizing themselves into a state of surety that is magnitudes beyond any
knowledge they possess to justify such an extreme belief.