WHAT THE HELL?

PROOF

I have no patience for anyone who says God has spoken to them. If He has something important to say, let Him say it to everyone, all at the same time, each in his or her own language. THAT will be proof. The fact that someone I don’t know says something is true is not only unbelievable, it’s laughable. People will say whatever gets them the most money, the most attention, and the most power and pride. To expect me to pay them to hear their “message” of my inadequacies is unspeakably ridiculous in light of their own.

It’s really tempting to say I’m a humanist because I’m not an idiot, but it’s too simplistic. The fact is that even the most intelligent among us can easily fall prey to such manipulations. We crave acceptance, nobility and hope. We crave group approval and forgiveness for our failures. We feel we “fall short” and need to be punished. But we believe all of these things come from God only because that’s what we’ve been taught. Rigorous questioning reveals it isn’t true. God is not the source of our morality, or chimps – who have no churches – would have no morals. Paying someone to tell you that a magical being loves you – but also hates you – is folly.

Anger against “the Unbeliever” proves nothing but “the Faithful’s” inability to mount a coherent argument to the contrary. The fact that they’re willing to kill very effectively proves their inability to mount even a flimsy defense.