Why are you atheist?
I often get into debates about religion, mainly on account of the fact that I find it very difficult to keep my trap shut when someone has a pious moment and decides to invoke the 'good' lord for one reason or another. I've observed that these reasons are almost always to their advantage.
So over the years, I've compiled ten reasons to explain my position. Any one of them is enough to lead you to the land of doubt, and all ten are pretty compelling, to my mind at least. Pray continue...
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Do you know what? I think I prefer the ones that don't believe in me...
Blimey! I'm a humanist!
Some years ago, I read a little of humanism and following Stephen Fry's statement that he felt it 'essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist', I was prompted to investigate this humanism lark a little further. On their site at the time was a quiz asking 'how humanist are you?' “Many people are humanists without even knowing it. If you are non-religious and look to science, reason, empathy and compassion in order to live a meaningful and ethical life, please consider joining us.”
I was mightily impressed by this. So I took said quiz and discovered I was 92% humanist. Read on...
Josiah the remarkable.
The Exodus didn't happen, and the Jews, Christians and Moslems are monotheistic because of a remarkable young King called Josiah.
Read how he wiped out the old Gods, killed all the priests, destroyed the temples and united Israel under one King, with one capital, one temple and one God.
He then had his priests write a history and book of laws which coincided precisely with his ambitions, which they then 'discovered' whilst building the new temple.
The're only one God because one guy said so.
And the 11th commandment was click here and you shall gain important knowledge.
