Okay, I've had enough of this.
Let's talk about what I originally thought this thread would have been about (a.k.a. a sincere thread with genuine insight). Why is it that atheism and Secular Humanism are so unpopular despite the fact that they are based on evidence, logic, reason, and compassion? Not to mention the freedom and positive self image of humanity that they promote. I thought more than 15% of people would be atheist by now, given the massive increase in scientific development and availability of information since not too long ago.
Let's talk about what I originally thought this thread would have been about (a.k.a. a sincere thread with genuine insight). Why is it that atheism and Secular Humanism are so unpopular despite the fact that they are based on evidence, logic, reason, and compassion? Not to mention the freedom and positive self image of humanity that they promote. I thought more than 15% of people would be atheist by now, given the massive increase in scientific development and availability of information since not too long ago.
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."
-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
