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### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### # ## ## ## # ## #### ## ## #### # # #### ####### #### ## ## ## ## ##### # ## ## # ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ####### ####### [ The Argument Of The Atheist ] [ By Intoxicating ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ The Argument of the Atheist By Intoxicating Religion is based on ignorance. We only need to look back in history to see proof of this fact. As the first intelligent cultures began to organize thousands and thousands of years ago, they had no explanations for the Sun, the moon, the stars, or even why the grass grew. They did not understand, so they created explanations. The source of these explanations usually involved the sky, since it was one of the few places a human could not travel to. These explanations also tried to rationalize such things as the weather, which has always been cruel and unfair. Greek mythology of the Sun God, and the Goddess of Love, and these types of creations were all used to explain the unknown to a human animal that hungered for answers and for reason. Over time answers became clear, as a primitive science began to grow. Soon things could be explained, or at least enough was known to understand that there was no Goddess of Love, or a God of Thunder. Christianity, Jewism, Hebrewism, and many more religions all have their history and their proof of the truth. Each believes that predictions were made into the future, but aren't all these predictions just a matter of interpretation and perception? If we want to see something, we do. In today's society there are still many that believe in a God. Why? Because they want to believe in something better then the life they live, or they hope for something better after death, or they just don't understand how this world could exist without the power of an immortal powerful being. In the case of the first two reasons, they believe in something because they need too, or because they want too. In the third case, they believe in something because science can't explain everything yet, so there is still room for the miracle work of a god. To believe in something because of ignorance is wrong. We can't say God created the world because we don't know how else it could have been created. We shouldn't believe in a God because there can be no other explanation for an occurrence. Most of all, we shouldn't live in our own world believing in something because it's easier to believe in, and the facts are hard to accept. Religion is far from perfect, but it did serve its purpose at times. However, as a god becomes less probable, religious leaders should realize that selling their religion will become increasingly difficult. Instead, they should sell morality. We teach science in school, give the students the tools to disprove religion, yet we do not teach them proper moral behavior. Philosophy and courses on logical thinking are a couple of examples of schoolwork that could expand our minds. Sure, the morals these courses bring won't be exactly the same, but they will change with a changing society, and be followed not based on ignorance, but based on reason and knowledge. I don't claim to have all the answers, but it's easy to see that religion is based on ignorance, and as that becomes more obvious, a replacement for religion is the next step in our advancing global society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #393 Underground eXperts United 1997 uXu #393 Call UNEARTHLY SHADOWS -> +1-303-683-1443 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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