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It’s a very dangerous period in our history. There was a time when appeasing religion in the name of tolerance was generally considered acceptable and moral. But the stakes are much higher now. We now have large parts of humanity that have accepted irrational beliefs including some with weapons of mass destruction. Religion is starting to pose an existential threat to the world. The real war of ‘hearts and minds’ will ultimately be between the rationalists and the anti-intellectualism of the dogmatists. My own mission is to help promote the simplest of ideas: Think for Yourself, Question Everything!
The world has been brought to the brink by radical religious fanaticism. Religious fanatics across the globe have each tried to convince us through terrorism and intimidation that their brand is ‘the truth’, each believing that God is on their side. Here in the United States we have had to endure the consequences of political policies founded firmly in extreme religious ideology by leaders elected by a populous that had abdicated its responsibility to protect freedom of speech and freedom of, and freedom from, religion. For a religion to function it must demand belief based on faith rather than reason. True believers must submit completely, and without question. There are simply no good religions! Atheism is not an alternative to religion. It is simply the point at which me must start if we are to live our lives free from delusion, free from the illusion that God will save us. We must save ourselves. We must be ethical and supportive of our fellow human beings — for our own sake, not for the sake of religious tyrannies and the gods they represent.
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