Christianity, how I hate you~
I hate Christians, I hate Christianity, I think they’re all fucking stupid. I said before, on a forum I frequent “If we’re to abdicate Reason on an unproven absentee God, then we might as well start truthfully believing in absurdities as the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. Where are their Churches and Mosques and Televangelists? You cannot accept the realities of these fictional entities, yet any faith-driven religion has you believe in something very similar! Believe in something unprovable! Be sure to drink your ovaltine!” And it’s true.
And I hate -hate- with a passion the absurd mentality that the entire faith is based off! We’re flawed and imperfect, broken and worthless and the only way we can achieve any lasting rewards is through service to your fellowman. You have to demean and debase yourself; destroy who you really are in order to achieve rewards. Here’s the kicker: You get the rewards after you die. It’s like a great cosmic joke with you as the punchline.
For all intents and purposes, we are the dominant species on this planet. We have subjugated most of the world to our whims. Our dominion is absolute. I don’t know about you, but I have fucking pride in the things we’ve accomplished. One thousand years ago, we discovered the Scientific Method. We conquered the Atlantic and crossed from the Old World into the New World. Today we have medicines, computers, global communication, musics, unparalleled artistry and buildings that scrape the sky and trap clouds inside. On an individual level, each person grows up with a general understanding of world history, their own national history, math skills, science knowledge, and the ability to function in a society.
Christianity takes that all away. Human achievement is worthless. Material possessions are only as good as they can be so that you can give them to someone else. Your life only has meaning when you suffer, and when you suffer, it is then, only then, that God showers his love on you. What a fucking sadist, that he demands such masochistic behavior from his chosen while at the same time concealing his existence whatsoever!
I’ll close this with a couple quotes from Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff
Ayn Rand:
“They claim that they perceive a mode of being superior to your existence on this earth. The mystics of spirit call it “another dimension,” which consists of denying dimensions. The mystics of muscle call it “the future,” which consists of denying the present. To exist is to possess identity. What identity are they able to give to their superior realm? They keep telling you what it is not, but never tell you what it is. All their identifications consist of negating: God is that which no human mind can know, they say—and proceed to demand that you consider it knowledge—God is non-man, heaven is non-earth, soul is non-body, virtue is non-profit, A is non-A, perception is non-sensory, knowledge is non-reason. Their definitions are not acts of defining, but of wiping out”
Leonard Peikoff:
“Every argument for God and every attribute ascribed to Him rests on a false metaphysical premise. None can survive for a moment on a correct metaphysics.
For instance, God is infinite. Nothing can be infinite, according to the Law of Identity. Everything is what it is, and nothing else. It is limited in its qualities and in its quantity: it is this much, and no more. “Infinite” as applied to quantity does not mean “very large”: it means “larger than any specific quantity.” That means: no specific quantity—i.e., a quantity without identity. This is prohibited by the Law of Identity.
Is God the creator of the universe? There can be no creation of something out of nothing. There is no nothing.
Is God omnipotent? Can he do anything? Entities can act only in accordance with their natures; nothing can make them violate their natures …
“God” as traditionally defined is a systematic contradiction of every valid metaphysical principle. The point is wider than just the Judeo-Christian concept of God. No argument will get you from this world to a supernatural world. No reason will lead you to a world contradicting this one. No method of inference will enable you to leap from existence to a “super-existence.”"
Next week, I give you downloadables!
Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith.
It’s a must read for anyone disgusted with theism of any kind, especially Christianity. The book is also written from an Objectivist perspective and points out alot of things that many critical thinking atheists may not have fully realized.