Atheists & Agnostics

While I understand that religion is a balm for many people, I also believe that many of the world’s atrocities are committed in the name of religion by its most extremist adherents. We are seeing that now with the religious extremists here who want to outlaw abortion for any reason, including saving a woman’s life.

We are seeing it in Iran with an extremist regime that denies rights for women simply because men want to. We see it in Saudi Arabia where women are jailed for speaking out. We see it in India where both caste and religion work against poorer women, who are regularly raped and then murdered.

I became anti-religion starting in my teenage years as I listened to Sunday sermons that rarely said anything about God’s love but regularly exhorted the attendees about the evils of card playing, dancing, or doing anything much but tithing every penny possible and being in church for every service (so as to tithe more). I am even more anti-religion today because I do not see it as a solution to human ills but rather as a primary cause of those ills. So welcome to the group, and best luck on your continued journey.