Is it normal For atheists to 'look down' on others?

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  • Imagine a society where people are unwilling to follow laws made by men - either they disagree with them, or do not fear being caught and punished - by men. How, then, do you ensure everyone in this society stays in line? You instil in them a moral code, enforceable not by men, but by an almighty being, who sees all and therefore always catches you - even if you are alone. And the punishment is the worst imaginable - eternal torment in Hell. But how on earth do you get people to swallow this nonsense? By promising them eternal bliss in Heaven if they do follow this moral code. People are often unsure of themselves, how to live and what is "right" - so they love to be told, and once the ball is rolling, others follow like sheep.

    How convenient that the punishment and rewards take place after death! This means no one can disprove it without the power of rational thought.

    So, the cleverest and most influential atheists were... (wait for it...) Jesus and Mohammed. Just think of all the things they've been able to make people do! Take the Muslim laws concerning eating pork, for example. At the time, food hygiene was not so great, and cooking methods were insufficient - but they didn't necessarily know this, so to stop people getting diseases and parasites, rather than just make a human law forbidding consumption of swine, which would be broken by the hungry, it was made a command from God / Allah, with threat of eternal damnation. Alcohol production at the time was a dodgy business, and the moonshine people were drinking often has terrible effects, such as blindness. But people were still doing it, so - word of God.

    I'm not saying religion is necessarily a bad thing - and in fact the successful ones tend to aim for a stable society, with obedient citizens who don't go blind and get tapeworms. But the problem is, the religions are obscenely out of date - for we now know how to cook pork safely, and make alcohol with only its natural ill-effects. (remember, these are just examples - all religions have such outdated rules.) All religions I can think of are sexist in the extreme, too - based on beliefs held at the time, and the ancient structure of society. But now we know better - so arguments and religious wars result.

    The human race probably did need religion to advance as far as it has. But now is the time for us to cast out these obsolete ideas that are based on the mother of all lies - that there is a God. Heaven and Hell are both places here on Earth, to be visited during our lifetime. Try to spend more time in the former.

    Comments welcome, even if just to tell me I'm going to have my armpits tickled by demons in Hell for my blasphemy (I really hate that!)

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    • I fucking love you.... every word you said is so true and you may have just changed my life :) thank you :D

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      • And seeing that has just cheered me up on a bad day, so thank you! You shall surely go to Heaven :)

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