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... is aimed towards at the layman who doesn't study theology or politics. If you "put up" with Religion and repeat the misconception "some good comes of it..." then this essay is for you.
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There are no moral values to be found within the barbaric texts or traditions of monotheistic religion, sadomasochist books and no explanation therein for the pain that we find in this world, nor any condolence for the victims of that pain.
The Church is already dying. It is being efficiently and systematically removed from the Western world, an old set of superstitious bullshit supported only by the institutions who find it in their own interest to do so. America is the last bastion of the Bible-basher for America contains freedom and enough space to hide in for those who still aspire to the illusions of theism.
Why is it that we need to further the demise of monotheism? People are stubborn. Some people need religious dogma and religion with its financial benefits for those concerned refuses to die. There are too many people with vested interests in upholding their insecurity blind spots and social and material security.
 Beyond Good And Evil |
"Wherever the religious neurosis has appeared on the Earth so far, we find it connected with three dangerous prescriptions as to regimen : Solitude, Fasting and Sexual abstinence." |
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Disestablishment
The disestablishment of Church and State has not yet occurred completely in any country, and in some there appears to be no hope of such a separation occurring. These dangerous combinations place countries' military forces under the command of religion, as can be seen in the way that most modern wars are cases of genocide, where a dominant faction with the aid of the government decided to "ethnically cleanse" their country. In practice this means to kill or drive out everyone of a different religion.
England and the majority of Europe are lucky for religion has only a faded influence, except a few hangers on in the House Of Lords (that has some political power but can be overridden), and as a result we see little religious violence other than the rare conflicts in "dodgy" areas. The same goes for most of Europe, especially Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, where on average less than 10% of the population is theistically religious. [ReligiousTolerance.org, "Religion in Britain" by Grace Davie, "The Misery of Christianity" by Joachin Kahl]
It does not matter which religion you are: the Christian cult prevents shops from opening on a Sunday, because it is a Christian Holy day! People are so accustomed to parts of the Christian oppression that they do not even realize they are being suppressed!
Many faiths accept homosexuality as normal, yet many Christians, especially the large institutions, do not recognize same-gender love as legitimate. OK, that's their problem right, not ours? Wrong - because the Christian ritual of Marriage gives benefits only to opposite-sex couples! There are many advantages in law itself that are given to married couples, but people who do not subscribe to this religious ritual are excluded!
It is obvious, get married by registration, not through Church, which is fine, but the restriction on gay marriages still exists! Even in a supposedly atheist system this restriction exists ... we are far from free from the various Messiah-cults insane laws!
"My contention that Christianity has brutalized men and kept them ignorant, rather than educating them and raising them up, is not based on some bold but false claim made by a handful of outspoken freethinkers, but on a historically demonstratable and bitter fact. This fact is not the result of the chance failure of a long succession of popes who were hostile to learning and limited in their vision to provide any suitable education, but of the irreconcilable opposition of faith to rational thought."Every time a Christian utters "I will pray for you" or "Jesus is Lord" they are festering their guilt complexes upon the Human race. They call the atheist heathen Sinners and hateful, Godless beings. "I will pray for you" is nothing but a silent and pious disguise of an insult, seen through by everyone but vocalized by none."The Misery Of Christianity - a plea for Humanity without God" by Joachim Kahl 1968, p197
"Behold the Crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree. I question all things. As I stand before the festering and varnished facades of your haughtiest moral dogmas, I write thereon in letter of blazing scorn: Lo and behold; all this is fraud!"
The Satanic Bible, The Book of Satan II:1-2 by Anton LaVey
What after all is the cross of Jesus Christ? It is nothing but the sum total of a sadomasochistic glorification of pain. Christianity has not failed the ideals of its founder: Christ has failed. Corrupt in its very essence, the gospel of Christ alone has persecuted Jews, defamed the female and suppressed sexuality."The Misery Of Christianity" by Joachim Kahl 1968
The Christian faith from the beginning is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit; it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self mutilation.
The absurdity of trying to make decisions whilst bombarded by the opinions of a dozen faiths all proclaiming divine authority! No more shall we put up with religious indoctrination nor their ignorant claims of morality!
The money of the churches and the poor of the world
Does it not bother the Pope that he can sit in a palace with the entire Vatican around him, extensive and rich ritual upheld for the trivial respect for outdated customs whilst half the world needs basic facilities? The Vatican has an annual revenue of $169 million (USD). No of course, it does not bother him. If suffering bothered the pope he would help distribute contraceptives to the poor countries, if not to stem the out of control population but at least to halt the sexual diseases that from time to time flourish. No, the pope does not do this because his theology says he cannot. Because the Catholic (and most other Judeo-Christian faiths) do not accept the facts, they believe that their God's would prefer the suffering these children and families endure rather than allow contraceptives to be used.
Theology stands in the way of the some of the most helpful aid possible: Population control and sex education - the immoral theists (even if they do not realise it is immoral) prefer mental laziness and dogmatic traditions. They believe that their Gods would prefer the pain rather than the cure - these people also claim to be the ones who uphold the morals of the world! More accurately - they try to uphold their image more than any moral.
The Church is funded from public money - they have no income of their own - but where does the money go? It goes into their rituals, their wages, their legal battles and their running costs and finally some of it escapes as aid to those who need it. The next time you decide to give to charity, make sure it is not a church, for you are funding ignorance and inefficiency. I would rather go and help in person, than to trust someone else to use my money.
Much of the property of the Church consists of houses and land for its ministers. [bottom of page] The money needed by the Church comes almost entirely from the benefactors of the faithful, living and departed - all too often from the latter."An introduction to English Canon Law" by E. Garth Moore 1967, pp102
Places used for public worship, together with church halls and other buildings ancillary to public worship, are exempt from rates. This exemption is, or course, a hidden asset of considerable value."English Canon Law" p106
The late Mother Theresa, what for all the work she has done in Calcutta? She is one of the most famous charities and has an income to match, given by kind people to aid the poor. Mother Theresa however, does not own any hospitals, does not help the government or even those who need help. She runs nunneries in over 120 countries. She's a Catholic who runs nunneries in order to recruit more Catholics in order to teach us that pleasure is sin. Her false reputation should closely follow the Pope into oblivion. Here are three sites about Mother Theresa: The truth about mother Theresa and Mother Theresa, from someone who lives in Calcutta. (Large page.) and Mother Theresa.
Needless to say I fully support the taxing of Churches. With time, governments are withdrawing their support of these problematic, archaic and obsolete establishments of fear and sexual repression, so that eventually they will die from their own lack of resource.
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People kill each other in the name of religion
If neighbours were both atheists, they would not kill each other in the name of religion. Christians have been killing each other for 2000 years, since Constantine's enforcing of his version of Christianity. Factions and fractions, death and despair... even within a religion that claims to be better than the others!
I asked myself, "But.... then they'd just kill each other in the name of something else. Like which football team they support!"
And I thought that yes, this is true, they would find something else to argue over... but football teams don't tell them that they've been divinely inspired and are justified in killing each other. There's no command to kill... no government can use football teams to incite violence as they do with religion. There is simply less harm done, less control exerted.
Personal beliefs versus religion
Everyone within a religion has personal beliefs, I would hazard a guess that no two people believe exactly the same thing. The only problem comes when you organize these beliefs into religions... then you get the conflicts that lead to violence and real evil. As soon as belief ceases to be personal, it causes great problems. No two people have exactly the same beliefs... if we removed organized religion, there would be no "them" to fight against.
It is often said that religion is the cause of all wars. Although this is an oversimplification, it is hardly to the credit of the worlds' religions that they are tarnished with such a history for violence and religion-based genocide. The wholesale slaughtering of townships and peoples in the Christian Old Testament and the incitements to wage war in the Qu'ran both indicate the basis in their holy books for this kind of barbaric behaviour. In 2006 The Guardian reported that 82% of the British public say they see religion as a cause of division and tension between people. Only 16% disagree.3
Atheist religions (Buddhism, scientific pantheism, Satanism, etc) are better than theist ones, and polytheistic religions (Hinduism, Paganism,etc) are better than their bloodthirsty monotheistic brothers such as Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
It is undisputed that the monotheistic class of religion smashes the bloodiest and most barbaric records throughout history - but unfortunately they still carry this flag proud in the modern world too.
Bloodshed, right now, is being carried out in the name of some deity or other in the name of peace. The infamous Fatwa is a real threat to those who have it issued on them - a death threat - and likewise the armies of those who can find no other way to defend their theology pursue the enemies of the deadly state/church combinations that live on in less fortunate countries of the world.
"Over the centuries that Christianity has been around, almost every group and/or race of people has been discriminated against and/or killed for simply disagreeing with their absurd philosophy."The Satanic Coalition
There is more that can be invoked against the Godly religions. They are now and always have been a hindrance to mankind. Even today scientific facts, empirical evidence and philosophical debate are barred or ignored by the deity worshipper. Children are forced to sing hymns of praise to a Lord who dictates that they are all sinners - Children are indoctrinated with Christian guilt complex's through even innocent Hymns and prayer. There are countries and areas that are still struggling to free themselves from the suppression and psychological mould of religion.
Lies and deceit: More than just a spiritual defeat
It is not only the suffering that religion brings into the world that we must end - also the lie. There are countless proofs that can be set upon any benevolent God - there is not a God sat on some cloud wearing white and stroking his beard just as there is certainly no Evil God, or Devil, that wished to subvert Humanity! Why would he wish so! In the name of truth, and to make the world a more simple, honest, and trustworthy place we should always discard refuted theories, especially when the cost of not doing so is Human life!
Why leave the risk? Let us remove the power and money of the churches, remove the indoctrination, and if God exists people shall still find him: No mediator, Church or power corruptible organisation is required!
Suppression of intellect in the first millennium
Examples of great minds whose views challenged those of the dominant Christian Church:
"Our history has been marked by a ceaseless struggle against ignorance and superstition. In ancient Greece the works of the materialist philosopher Democritus, who first taught the atomic theory of matter, were destroyed. Anaxagoras was banished from Athens for being an Atheist. The materialist philosopher Epicurus, revered by the ancients for having liberated man from fear of gods and for asserting the validity of science, was for 2000 years anathematized and falsely depicted as an enemy of morality and a disseminator of vice. The Alexandria library, housing 700,000 scientific and literary works, was burned by Christian monks in 391 AD. Pope Gregory I (590-604) destroyed many valuable works by ancient authors. In every society there have been forces that have stood to lose by the dissemination of progressive scientific views. In the past these forces either directly persecuted progressive scientists and philosophers or sought to distort scientific discoveries so as to deprive them of their progressive, materialistic implications.The Inquisition, a papal invention for suppressing all opposition to the Catholic Church, savagely persecuted all progressive thinkers; Giordano Bruno, Ludilio Vanini, and Galileo come readily to mind.
Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille, and Diderot was sent to prison. In our own country we are familiar with the story of Thomas Paine, of the Salem witch trials, of Ingersoll, of Einstein. The struggle is unceasing, as important today as during any other period of history."
Dark Ages: The burning times: Christianity in control
It was with the collapse of the Roman Empire that the Christian religion(s) became truly uncontrolled.
“It is strange that the last men of intellectual eminence before the dark ages were concerned, not with saving civilization or expelling the barbarians or reforming the abuses of the administration, but with preaching the merit of virginity and the damnation of unbaptized infants. Seeing that these were the preoccupations that the Church handed on to the converted barbarians, it is no wonder that the succeeding age surpassed almsot all other fully historical periods in cruelty and superstition.”"History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell, p362-363
This is the period of time in which uncounted people throughout the religious world were maimed or killed for practicing Witchcraft, Sorcery, Black Magic, Satanism, Magic, Trickery and all kinds of Alchemy in general. Christianity, with the help of the remains of the organization that the Roman Empire had brought, forced itself upon everyone. It was a time of massive wrong doing and immense bloodshed on behalf of the immature religions involved. The Witchhunters were malicious, corrupt and would always accept money from the Church to kill witches and werewolves.
It is in this period the Church, not the state, formed the Spanish Inquisition (although it was later commandeered by the State). The Spanish Inquisition was the most terrible instigator of the Christian immoral guilt complexes, executing bloodshed and fear upon everyone who doubted that the Holy Church was the be all and end all of tolerance and law.
"In his study of the death penalty over a period of three thousand years, Kurt Rossa makes the remarkable statement: 'Anyone who wants to know everything about us Christians should read the Sermon on the Mount. Anyone who wants to know more about us, should read a history of the death penalty'. The Inquisition, which continued to exist in the Papal States until they were dissolved in 1870, caused countless people to suffer unspeakable torments for centuries."
[ Joachin Kahl, "The misery of Christianity - a plea for Humanity without God", 1968, p68 ]
If you look through Pagan sites, you will find a much repeated phrase "Never again the Burning Times" and this is a pledge never to let the world fall again into such a paranoid and violent state. Paganism is a retaliation against Religions hatred of those who are different; the bloodshed that is on the hands of immature religions is often discarded as "history" by modern religions, however it continues in many countries as does religious war in general.
In this period the Church went maniac, killing all those whom they did not understand. This is where we get the drama of the Spanish Inquisition from, Witch hunts, The image of Hell, the threat of brimstone and fire was born in this time as the psychological war was fought against anyone who did not pay the Church's Tithe.
This was not a problem confined to Europe, between the Spanish and the Italians many millions were killed in crusades, as the domination of their home countries provided them with large armies. The Crusades were the worlds darkest hours, under the name of Christianity, people were forced to be baptized, or die.
It has been centuries now, since those evil times in which superstition ruled the day, and we still have not removed all of their influence from the law that we follow here and now.
A detriment to mankind: The suppression of intellect
The fear of developing new ideas in Europe during the Dark Ages must have been very great, it is undoubted that many great medical and scientific discoveries were erased amongst threats of death and imprisonment. But this wasn't only limited to the Dark Ages either. As times became more moderate the penalties of heresy became more tolerable, but the suppressing of development and the evil that characterizes religious power has not faded yet.
For example, Roger Bacon who was a Franciscan monk(Christian):
Because of his emphasis on the importance of mathematics and experimentation, the English scholastic philosopher Roger Bacon, c.1214-92, is often considered an early advocate of the methods of modern science...
...his life his outspokenness and unorthodox opinions involved him in frequent difficulties with the superiors of his order.
...Suspected of promoting "dangerous novelties," Bacon was imprisoned for a time (probably between 1277 and 1279) by order of the minister-general of the Franciscans. After his death Bacon acquired the reputation of having been a sorcerer and wonder-worker. Later, because he had speculated about such things as gunpowder, flying machines, telescopes, and mechanically driven carriages, he became celebrated for his foresight. Modern research has shown that although Bacon borrowed many of his ideas from others, he did have a real influence on subsequent scientific thought.
The troubled life of anyone developing new ideas under the shadow of organized religion (who justify their power in terms of "truth") slowed down every science and medical school imaginable. Except torture equipment of course!
The majority of philosophers and scientists from this era were Christians... there is little doubt of that. But, Christians or not, they were still slandered, threatened and hindered by the ignorant religious rulers, acting in the very way Jesus himself speaks out against. Organized religion has not helped; it has only served to consolidate power and corruption, making it easier to suppress and control the masses. Since the Roman Emperor Constantine put the power of the Roman armies behind Christianity, the result has been a fascist regime of thought control and the spawning of a bane of humanity.
Without organized religion, scholars and great minds across the Western world would have been free to develop their ideas without fear of persecution. We have a lot to learn from history! Belief is acceptable... but organized religion is not.
The Jews
The age old hatred of the Jews is largely due to the Bible - from the time of Jesus the Jews have been persecuted and ridiculed by Christian media. Such bigotry and hatred has permeated society from God's "Good Book". The Nazi's are an example of a group people, led on by the belief that the Jews were the demise of the Human race, not born of Abraham but of the devil. Hitler was never excommunicated from the Church!
The Christian institution and commentary in the Bible have inspired and stimulated most the seeds of anti-Semitism in the world.
The idols of the oppressed
The enemies of the gods, the oppressed, slaughtered and despised, can now find solace and security, protection and refuge in the houses of thought that make a stand against organized religion. For the first time in history, free thinkers are free to voice their opinions safely in some countries.
Historically, we have been given the label of devil worshippers, diabolists, Satanists, evil. The idols of the oppressed are ironically the demons and devils of theology... those beings and concepts that wish to destroy god(s) express the same sentiment as the oppressed masses through history who have had to fight and hide from religious authority. Most the time Satan himself is blamed for our existence and used as the excuse to allow Christians and Muslims to oppress free thought.
"This Satan, this scapegoat, is the bad guy of organized religion, he is the Saviour of the anarchist, the romantic, the fool who tries to cease human (and his own) suffering by removing the sheep mentality that allows powerful governments or forces to rule unquestioned; this Satan is the last strength for a moral person trapped in an immoral world.Satanic rituals, the calling on the elements to remove hypocrisy and corruption, stupidity and irresponsibility is not the summoning of evil as white light religion sees it, and does not have the evil effects, but is the single most important stand against the mindless tyranny of the majority of the Human race: It is a cleansing of the air around the Earth. "
The Bible's psychological war is ending, it must end, before any more damage is done to the long term welfare of this planet!
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"Those of us who have for years politely concealed our contempt for the dangerous collective delusion of religion need to stand up and speak out. Things are different after September 11th. 'All is changed, changed utterly.'" |
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We need to do to speed up the destruction of the theist's constructs: The answer lies in knowing and exploiting the fundamental flaw of theism: It is not based on truth. Therefore our greatest weapon is the truth. The knowledge of science and theology is all that is required to destroy the myths and rotting mindlessness of corporate religion.
Education, determination and presence are our sword and shield..
The surest way to collapse a Church is to deny them the ignorance that they exploit to solicit neophytes - decaying them from the roots up.
Future
Imagine a world with NO religious persecution. 95% of all the world's genocides and wars have been in the name of religion. The biggest conflicts are between the followers of one church and another. When is the last time the news reported a group of atheists run into a church with bombs strapped on their backs? When is the last time a violent mob of atheists decided to purge their village/town/country of religious folk? All along it has been one religious group against another but NO MORE!
The moral acquisition of social stability is done first by eliminating religious influence on the State level and in the military arena, and secondly by removing religion from the minds of the young and old: To allow people to think for themselves, to find God without the "help" of being told someone else's corrupt, political theology nursed historically on war and misery.
Education, determination and presence are the Satanic methods by which we shall overcome every deity that has ever set foot within a persons imagination.
Satanism is THE unreligion that is destined to win, for no other religion stands for truth, for provable fact or for the carnal Earthly existence that is the be all and end all of Human existence. Human Beings exist for Human Being's sake - not for the teleological falsehood of Divine Will.
The angel of self-deceit is camped in the souls of the "righteous" - The eternal flame of power through joy dwelleth within the flesh of the Satanist!The Book of Satan V:13, The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey
Dawkins, Prof. Richard
"A Devil's Chaplain" (2004). Paperback edition published by Phoenix of Orion Books Ltd, London UK. Originally published 2003 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
LaVey, Anton (1930-1997)
"The Satanic Bible" (1969). Avon Books Inc, New York, USA.
Moore, Garth
"An Introduction to English Canon Law" (1967).
Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)
"Beyond Good and Evil" (1886).
Russell, Bertrand
"History of Western Philosophy" (1946). Quotes from 2000 edition published by Routledge, London, UK.
By Vexen Crabtree 1999 Jun 07