But, for me, the greatest
service atheists offer is what they have done for society. Atheists
have done a fine job of exposing frauds, fraudulent doctrines, and
beliefs.
Here are just a few of the great atheists that have tackled the lies of history sold us as truth.
-Voltaire
-Rousseau
-Thomas Paine
-Karl Marx
-Sigmund Freud
-Albert Einstein
-George Orwell
-Noam Chomsky
In truth, the list could go on and on. Obviously there are evil and nasty atheists. But the point is that if it weren't for these great atheist thinkers, humanity would be suffering under even more brutality and ignorance than what presently exists.
People are a gullible bunch. They want to be true believers and let others do thinking for them. But we know that people lie all of the time. We also know that the greater the power and the bigger the institutions the greater the lies. In fact, these institutions are empowered by the 'Big Lies' that they tell and that people believe. Especially in religion, here we have the Big Lies supposedly coming from God himself. The true believers can never bring themselves to question God unless that belief in God or his institutions is offering them extreme pain.
But atheists throughout history have been brave enough and honest enough to question the Big Lies of God. If it weren't for their genius and bravery, we would all be enslaved right now by ecclesiastical power along with corporate and governmental power. Unfortunately, being free of one out of the three is the best we can do right now. I guess atheists can't do everything for us.
Still we can, as a people, reach for that same sense of honesty, courage, rationality, and critical thinking that has been displayed by atheists throughout history to tackle those forces that shackle us from our own ignorance and irrationality. But it does require that people move beyond the True Believer mode and into a brave new world of critical thinking.
So I not only appreciate Atheists, but I also admire them for their character and bravery. I admire them for their thinking skills and their sense of honesty.
I, for one, am thankful that we have people that are as committed to truth and honesty as atheists and not afraid of where that truth and honesty may take them. Even if that commitment to truth and honesty has brought them a great deal of societal condemnation, atheists for the most part have been brave enough to make a stand using their reasoning and critical thinking skills.
For those of us that have some belief in God(s), we have a lot to learn from atheists.
Here are just a few of the great atheists that have tackled the lies of history sold us as truth.
-Voltaire
-Rousseau
-Karl Marx
-Sigmund Freud
-Albert Einstein
-George Orwell
-Noam Chomsky
In truth, the list could go on and on. Obviously there are evil and nasty atheists. But the point is that if it weren't for these great atheist thinkers, humanity would be suffering under even more brutality and ignorance than what presently exists.
People are a gullible bunch. They want to be true believers and let others do thinking for them. But we know that people lie all of the time. We also know that the greater the power and the bigger the institutions the greater the lies. In fact, these institutions are empowered by the 'Big Lies' that they tell and that people believe. Especially in religion, here we have the Big Lies supposedly coming from God himself. The true believers can never bring themselves to question God unless that belief in God or his institutions is offering them extreme pain.
But atheists throughout history have been brave enough and honest enough to question the Big Lies of God. If it weren't for their genius and bravery, we would all be enslaved right now by ecclesiastical power along with corporate and governmental power. Unfortunately, being free of one out of the three is the best we can do right now. I guess atheists can't do everything for us.
Still we can, as a people, reach for that same sense of honesty, courage, rationality, and critical thinking that has been displayed by atheists throughout history to tackle those forces that shackle us from our own ignorance and irrationality. But it does require that people move beyond the True Believer mode and into a brave new world of critical thinking.
So I not only appreciate Atheists, but I also admire them for their character and bravery. I admire them for their thinking skills and their sense of honesty.
I, for one, am thankful that we have people that are as committed to truth and honesty as atheists and not afraid of where that truth and honesty may take them. Even if that commitment to truth and honesty has brought them a great deal of societal condemnation, atheists for the most part have been brave enough to make a stand using their reasoning and critical thinking skills.
For those of us that have some belief in God(s), we have a lot to learn from atheists.
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