Godless philosophy from a godless worldview

"A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle."

[atheistotle-blog]

Finally back.

I am now writing from my dorm room. I moved in on Monday, and I now have a computer that works for tumblr. Which means I'll be back on, ranting about religion. Like how there were these people a couple doors down who had their door open, and they were arguing about the difference between Christianity and Catholicism, and none of them were right, even though one considered herself Catholic and the others considered themselves Christian. Why do I know more about their religions than they do? I really wanted to go correct them and give them the whole "rectangle/square" parallel, but I had to be polite...

[atheistotle-blog]

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Tumblr is broken for me right now, so I can't post anything until I fix this! Sorry! That "T" up there? That's something I can't delete... part of tumblr not working for me. I'll post something once I fix this.

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[undercoveratheist]

I hope this is my future child.

[atheistotle-blog]

Something tells me that when (hopefully) I finally have a kid/kids, I won't be able to raise them this well...

Well, I'll do my best to make philosophers of my kids.

[atheistotle-blog]

Wooo!

I'm finally back! I'll be back to ridiculing religion in no time. I promise I'll think of something clever to post soon. In the mean time, anyone want to give me a run-down on all of the "depressing for humanity" bullshit tumblr scandals that went on in the past two weeks?

[atheistotle-blog]

Oops

Somehow I managed to reblog that post that pissed me off 3 times. My internet isn't working so well right now. Sorry for the spam, I just realized that happened.

[atheistotle-blog]

Hey everyone

I'm leaving tomorrow for a trip to Arizona for a couple weeks, so I doubt I'll be on tumblr much. It's a part family camping trip part me going to a music camp where a bunch of famous people can tell me how to play my tuba better, so I'll have most of my time filled up and not a whole lot of access to a computer. I'll be back on the 1st, I believe, so be sure to leave me lots of messages in my ask box so I can have fun replying to them when I get back/the few times I'll be able to get on a computer while I'm away. Thanks, followers, you guys are awesome. I'll be back ranting and raving about religion in no time.

[revelation19]

They should have included a picture of Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao saying “Hey lets murder over 75 million people.” under the “atheist extremists” section.

[atheistotle-blog]

Wow. Just, absolute wow. I really can't believe that I have to read this kind of bull over and over again on tumblr. Stalin and Mao sure were awful people, but can you please point me to one single shred of evidence that shows that their acts of grand immorality were because of their lack of belief in deities? Like, a single fucking piece of evidence? Anything at all? Please?

Stalin and Mao did the things they did based purely on their political ideas, and not on their religious ones. They were politically motivated crimes. But if that's the way you want to play, let's just talk about Hitler...

This is just complete ignorance. I don't know how many times atheists have said this and refuted the idea that atheism somehow causes mass murder, but this kind of bullshit keeps popping up. Knock it off. Learn a little bit about the politics behind Mao and Stalin before you somehow comes to the idea that there is any "atheist extremist" who kills 75,000 people.

I really can't believe this kinda shit keeps popping up.

Just, fucking shit. Fuck.

Fuck.

[funkalmighty-deactivated2021033]

As an atheist myself, I’m a dick to little girls on airplanes all the time. All this image needs is “And that little girl… was Einstein.” 

[atheistotle-blog]

Reblogging for the comment...

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[ohketchum-deactivated20120915]

OH MY GOD, THE SECOND PHOTO.

[kerrykryptonite-deactivated2019]

Omg.

[bringmeasirentosleepwith]

Lmfao

[atheistotle-blog]

Yeah, I doubt I'll lose any followers for this. But if I do, that's ok with me!

[the-unpopular-opinions-deactiva]

Just because I have a different opinion than you does not make me a bad person, stupid, or a homophobic. 

ho·mo·pho·bi·a

 [hoh-muh-foh-bee-uh]

noun

unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals  and homosexuality.

Don’t throw words around if you do not know what they mean. Just because I do not support homosexuals does not mean I am prejudice towards every homosexual I meet, or treat them different. 

[atheistotle-blog]

No, not homophobic. But what you just said is definitely false. If you don't support gay rights, you are therefore treating them differently. How can you possibly say that by not supporting gay rights, you are not treating them differently? Let me translate: "Just because I treat gay people differently doesn't mean I treat gay people differently."

I agree with the picture. The word "homophobic" isn't always used correctly. However, not supporting gay rights does make you a lot of other things. None of them good.

[atheistotle-blog]

Are you from the U.S?

Sure am. Land of the theocracy. California, to be exact.

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But I wish I didn’t have to hide it sometimes.

[thereisnogod]

Sorry Atheist in a Christian land, you don’t have to, you are just choosing to.

Stand up or shut up. Life is choice, please make yours.

[atheistotle-blog]

Actually that's kinda ignorant of you to say. He/she may very well have to hide it. I don't know exactly, as I don't know his/her situation, but many atheists do have to hide it.

You and I may live in areas and come from families where we will suffer few to no repercussions for "coming out," and we should be very thankful for that. There are many, many atheists who cannot "come out" for fear of being ostracized from their family, or discriminated against in their place of work or living. Many young atheists have been kicked out of their homes for rejecting the religion their family attempted to indoctrinate them in to.

Is being an atheist the hardest minority to be? No, not at all. I wouldn't even use the word "oppression" to describe what happens to us, but I would definitely say "discrimination" and sometimes even "hatred." I don't know how much, or if any, of the above applies to Atheist in a Christian land, but there are many that, in our current state of society, are, unfortunately, safer by keeping their atheism to themselves in public.

I'm sure you mean well, and I would also encourage any atheist who can to come out and show themselves to the public, but we have to realize it's not realistic for everyone to do so.

So yes, he/she may very well "have to."

[atheistotle-blog]

Minecraft gave me a great metaphor.

I've been trying to play Minecraft recently (and I say trying, because, as awesome as the game is, trying to run it on my G4 PPC Mac with 2 gigs of ram, only 1 of which I'm allowed to allocate to Java, makes me incredibly frustrated due to the lag), and it gave me a great metaphor. Minecraft is cool. I love making my big ass mines and fancy houses, but there's a problem with it.

No matter how much time I spend, no matter how much I want it, no matter how fancy I make my house, and no matter how realistic I try to make the Minecraft world, it will never be real. It could be very realistic, but if it's not real in the first place, nothing will change that by playing more Minecraft.However, I still play Minecraft. It's fun, it makes me happy to play, and it gives me something to do. But why, then, do I not argue against the playing of Minecraft if it's not real? It's simple.

Nobody is told that if they work really really hard at Minecraft, they're going to get eternal bliss in return, but if they don't, and their house in Minecraft sucks, then they're going to suffer eternally. Nobody is told that if they don't kill people who don't make their Minecraft mine like their own, then they are bad people, and that they must use force to make the other person want to play Minecraft the same way they do. Nobody is told that the people who don't play are therefore immoral, because they don't have Minecraft to dictate morality. And of course, no one is tricked into thinking Minecraft is real. If we understand that it's all virtual, then, and only then, can we look into it and extract the good parts and use them as good things for the world.

[yomommawearsarmyboots-deactivat]

Holier than thou atheists are just as bad as Christian and Islamic extremists.

Sincerely, an agnostic.

[atheistotle-blog]

I think this can be easily cleared up by a few definitions. So please, do let me know what definitions of "atheist" and "agnostic" you are using, and I can let you know if they are false. Because hey, guess what? I'm an agnostic too! Agnosticism is not a "third alternative" to theism and atheism. It's a qualifier. Just saying you're an agnostic means absolutely nothing, until you attach it to a word to define your belief in something, or lack thereof.

P.S. I find it funny that you use the phrase "holier than thou" to describe the group at which you direct your misguided hatred, when in fact most of us don't believe holiness to exist. Semantics and colloquial phrasing, of course, but funny nonetheless.

[atheistotle-blog]

Wow. A Faces of Atheists post does wonders for your follower count. I go to dinner with my family and I come back and I have this...

Welcome to all my new followers! Two more and, after several months, I'll finally have hit that first 100 follower milestone.

[atheistotle-blog]

Hi! I saw your post on facesofatheists, and pardon me for being forward, but you are really cute! And you have a cool blog :)

Hello! Haha thank you, I do appreciate it! That post has done wonders for my follower count...

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[atheistotle-blog]

affects*

But other than that, this is spot on. I will not confront anyone about their religion, ever, unless their religion is the cause of them taking away another's right to live how they want. That is when we must speak up. Your personal choice is just that, personal. You can worship whatever Gods you want, and I will say nothing, until that personal choice becomes no longer personal.