Suspension of Disbelief

It's that time of year again. Those infrequent Christians pack into ancient buildings to thank god for their misfortunes and the promise of a better afterlife. So I sit here now and could ramble about the idiocy of such a lifestyle or the illogicality of religious devotion in general, but I won't. Frankly, it's gotten too much publicity as it is and I have no desire to feed the beast. That said, I will make a few observations. Those who believe in god get to go to heaven. Isn't that like saying those who are faithful to the president get cabinet positions? I prefer a merit-based system myself, you know, where you are rewarded with a position for revolutionary thinking or a little something called skill. But by all means, an all-knowing god would certainly choose the low road. After all, whose god doesn't show favoritism nowadays anyways? How about Noah and his magical ark? You know, the one that he fit two of each animal on? Two animals, one male and one female, of ...

My name is Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and I am your King. To be my follower you must renounce all other authority. To be my follower you must recant the teachings of secularists. To be my follower you must believe that I am good and all else is bad. To be my follower you must reject empirical thought, as my word is law. My word is infallible. My word is eternal and everlasting. My word is the only authority. My word is sacred. My word is to be revered as are those who speak it. Those who speak against me are heretics. Those who deny my teachings are blasphemous. Those who forgo my lessons will be killed. Those who spread my word will be rewarded. Those who die for my cause will be exalted. Those who follow my instruction unquestionably will be saved. Saved are those who follow in my footsteps. Saved are those who cover their bodies. Saved are those who drink not from false prophets. Saved are those who defend the traditions of my nation. Saved are those who pray for my divine grace. Saved are...

This is the reason why God cannot exist.... Question: Can God heat up a burrito so hot that even he cannot bear to eat it? That's all, that's the answer to whether or not God can exist. The answer is no.

Man will walk the Earth in peace, not however, until the dissolution of religion. It divides us and submits us to another. Man cannot be free of itself until it is free of the slavery of their gods. A time will come when rational thought permeates our thick-headed foolishness. Gods are the justification of hate, of separation, of inequality. How can one be free of hate, of division, or of inequality when yet they stick to a sectarian community. Divisions in the heart are subject of division in community. And never shall we be free until we think ourselves at heart and in existence equal, thus banishing the sectarian divisions of religious belief. For the world to be good we must push aside the archaism of this life being a transience between birth and the next life, a way to suffer and earn eternal bliss. Until man focuses on the here and now, we will remain imperfect, we will remain divided, and hateful. Until we decide that this life, be there one after it or not, is worthy of effort...