Would you consider an equal lawsuit for MIDDLE SCHOOLERS who had to endure “A Letter From Hell.“?

Well, a teacher showed her class. Welcome to the culture war my friends.

(The video is pure evil. Don’t watch it unless you enjoy twisted sick shit.)

“Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend,
Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men,
And heaven with slaves!”

If I were to assume the tactics of my theist peers, who oft clarify arguments in the nature of emotional appeals, I would declare, like Shelley, that “it is among men of genius and science that atheism alone is found.” Any relatively objective definition of genius will reflect this as truth. It is also among atheists that we find the most tolerant and less likely to abuse the indefatigably dim-witted. This isn’t an observation born of questionable experience, this is measurable fact. I once offered an essay declaring that the very definition of genius should entail a skeptical examination of origins and divinity, to which, the Christian hypothesis ought fail magnanimously. Perhaps this is going too far, and therefore reserve my right to extend an open invitation to be refuted soundly on this point.

Declarations of the intellectual bankruptcy of atheism, itself a pillaged phrase of freethought’s past,  are rampant. Let us look at a selection from a randomly chosen article from my news feed today.

From Here,

“Whether atheists believe it or not they are a “religion.” You have to have a lot of faith to believe there is no God. I have a hard time figuring out why, if they don’t believe there is a God, are they so obsessed with Him? When I don’t believe something I just drop it and go on with my life. I would assume they may fear there really is a God. I ask them why take that chance? that when you die you will meet your Creator and He will have to condemn you to an eternal hell. What do you think your children would say to you once you are all condemned. A simple act of admitting you are a sinner and can’t make it to heaven on your own. Second, believing Jesus Christ died and rose again on the third day and lastly calling on Jesus to come into your heart and take over your life. Such a simple act and many people besides atheists refuse to do this.

I will not force my beliefs on anyone. I just ask that you think it over and ask yourself, “Do I really want to take a chance if there is eternal life.” If you choose Jesus Christ I can guarantee you according to His word that there will be great things in the next life for those who trust in Christ.”

I can’t make this stuff up. So absurd is the content of these “news” reports, that many atheists, myself included, don’t even bother to respond. There is a reason we reject certain arguments in passing. We have exhausted Pascal’s Wager, “faith to believe there is no god”, and “Atheism is a religion” to pointless ends. These arguments are just outright rejected and ignored by all but the most fledgling freethinkers among us (and I am eternally thankful for their dedication). I have to point this out. We don’t even acknowledge this trash, yet it is common still. This line of thinking is not just common, it is expanding. Granted, this man, Tom Kubera of Dunkirk, wouldn’t survive four seconds in a general conversation with myself or any of battle forged members of the Secular Student Alliance, Rational Response Squad, and AANR.

I believe that theist leaders don’t believe what they are saying. They can’t be… Yes, this is a form of argument from incredulity, but I simply can’t believe that intelligent theists, for which there are some, believe that using these arguments is even valid anymore. Rationally think about this… it really seems to be a true tactic to keep simple people in check. Declaring that evolution is evil, atheists are immoral or even devils, Hitler was an atheist, or that atheism requires faith, is just ignorant. Yet it is used, because it works. Atheists don’t tend to go straight for the simple arguments, the cultural verbal jingles and tired absurdities, we just answer.

Let’s face it. I once opined that reality is critical of religion. It is. Reality is also that rational, moral, intelligent and good people comprise the ranks of the atheists. Nothing should be more troubling that the statistics that atheists perform better on IQ tests, in schools, in relationships, stay out of prison, and make up some of the most abundant contributors to society overall, despite disparately minimal population numbers.

This seems to fly over the head of our dear friend Tom Kubera of Dunkirk. So, I’ll take some time out of my day, again, and go back to my roots. I’ll answer him.

“You have to have a lot of faith to believe there is no God.”
No Tom. Faith is trust or belief without reason. If you said that, because of your very devout belief that you are correct, that your god is the only god, that I, as a sovereign individual, must have “a lot of” trust without reason that you are correct, I would merely point out the number of people who followed that path before you. We call them cultists. Don’t assume that because you happen to have a verbal string of nonsense to invoke comparisons to other people who share your faith, that you even believe the same things. Taken apart, you are all cultists of the same mold. Each with a different interpretation, each with a different revelation, and some, who outright claim to converse with their fantastical deity. This argument is negating the fact that I even allowed you to get away with throwing a capitalized “God” out there as if I should know what you are talking about… I don’t actually. I mean it. I don’t know what you mean by “God”. Are you talking about Jesus? Are you talking about Jesus’ Father? Are they the same thing? Are you talking about the holy spirit? Yahweh? Elohim? Or am I going too far by invoking the American versions.. are you actually Muslim? Are you talking about Allah?  If not,  why not? Your god, no doubt, is not unique. I’m sure someone believes in the same version, with minor differences…  And I’m sure a collective band of you folks could come together, and come up with a religion. See, Tom, we are pretty simply people, we atheists. We don’t believe any of it. You must seem like you are making sense to yourself, all this talk about heaven and hell, and your great capitalized “God”. I honestly don’t. Sure, I understand from an American cultural perspective, I was raised Catholic, converted to Protestant, I think I know what you think you are talking about, but I’m not sure. I’d like to hear some of your theories. You seem passionate enough. We can start with a simple one, like, where is Hell located? Or my favorite, what if I don’t want to be immortal?

Do you want a simple answer Tom? No, I don’t have faith of any kind.

I am dependent “on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses” or rationally and reasonably sound proof.  Can you provide these things to me?

Our position is simple. We don’t have faith that there is a god.

Due to recent national and world events; namely the resurrection of the Cold War, the Global Environmental Crisis, the increasing Godless heathen books, the turmoil in the Mideast, Global Weather situations, genocides and massacres, political scandals and monopolistic fascist party system, an economic decline, and reruns of Seinfeld, we are amidst a potential catastrophe.

I, Dane Andrade, officially raise the Rapture Threat Level to High: