As long as
counter-
intuitive
is a thing,
common
sense
isn’t a thing.
As long as
counter-
intuitive
is a thing,
common
sense
isn’t a thing.
Humans have
indulged
themselves in
wishful thoughts
about death
for fifty
thousand years.
Way past time
we stopped.
2. Sites/places are sometimes described as “sacred” or “holy” – there is no such thing as a sacred site or a holy place, just sites and places that have been labelled as such by someone. Can you name a real holy site?
3. There is no such thing as blasphemy – how can you offend someone/something who is imaginary?
4. “Thoughts and prayers” is a tautology. Do you think so?
5. “Spiritual” would only be a real thing if “spirit” was a real thing. Neither is real. Gove a spirited reply.
6. “Soul-searching” is an imaginary quest. Do you have a map?
7. “Original sin” might be a thing if there had been a first man and woman. And if they had committed a “sin”. And if sin was encoded in DNA. And if “sin” was a real thing. Otherwise not. Your discussion must be original.
8. If you think “After Life” is a real thing, why not a “Before Life”?
9. Why would you think someone knows “what god thinks”? How would that work? [see “thoughts and prayers” above].
10. Even if you think a “god” “caused” the “Big Bang” how would that relate in any way, 13.8 billion years later, to what the leaders, and written archives, of your particular cult say about what that god is [see “supernatural” above].
11. You don’t – “pass on” “pass away” “rest in peace” “get reunited” “go to a better place” – you just die. Write an obituary with that in mind.
12. Being described as a “person of faith” is an insult not a compliment. Do you have faith that is not true?
Religious belief is not a substitute for Science
Personal anecdote is not a substitute for Science
Wishful thinking is not a substitute for Science
Political ideology is not a substitute for Science
Television opinion is not a substitute for Science
Corporate greed is not a substitute for Science
What your Uncle said is not a substitute for Science
Patriotic desire is not a substitute for Science
Only more Science is a substitute for Science
I am an a-theist not a theist
because I am a humanist
not an a-humanist.
The confidence with
which some people tell
me what their silent
and invisible
imaginary
friend is thinking and
demanding of them
is always stunning.
Science is a
religious
antiseptic.
It needs widely
applying all
over the world.
Religion
is not just the
following of
imaginary
beings but the
following of
people who are
following the
people who claim
to know what an
imaginary
being will want.
Being told
there is an
invisible
being who
wants all your
money by
a man who
claims he has
been chosen
to guard all
that money.
The sign at the
Supermarket
checkout proudly
said “new winners
every day”,
which is a much
better deal than
we all get at
the Life checkout.