Can the moderators ban runner for annoyingly silly, ranting posts? I can imagine the froth coming out the mouth...

On the article, the author seems to, like other religious commentators, simply imply that atheism makes everything meaningless. Nice respect for people's beliefs, right there. And nice way to miss a lot of shades between black and white.

Wow...thank god I'm aetheist.

The most annoying "need" of those of religious persuasion is their constant desire to the drag others into their particular brand of nonsense.

I was indoctrinated into the Catholic faith as a very young child, but ceased being a practicing Catholic in my mid teens. I lived on the "edge" for many years after which I began to study religion of different faiths in the hope that I may one day find a place where I belong. Eventually, I found much of religion to be totally illogical and dismissed it as such, yet somehow I managed to take some of their principles of living with me.

The Catholic faith showed me how to bash the crap out of kids and get away with it.

The "Proddies" showed me how to hate Catholics.

The Islamics showed me how to hate everybody that isn't of their faith.

The Pentecostals showed me how to annoy people to the point of wanting a better existence ie: well away from evangelists. Ditto for SDA's.

The Buddhists showed me a better way of how to walk the Earth leaving only a small ecological footprint and no, I'm not a practicing Buddhist either. I am me! What I believe at a deep personal level belongs to me and to nobody else. My only great desire is that people keep their religious ideas to themselves. I'm a happy person and I don't need to be drawn into a morass of illogical ideas that will weigh me down.

Just why religious people can't abide by that simple notion is truly the greatest mystery of the entire universe.
Aime.

Graeme Preston

You are taking atheism TOO seriously.

We don't believe in a big daddy watching everything we do.

We do enjoy a sunset, music, making love, dancing, singing, painting, watching kittens play, cuddling our kids, sky-diving, riding motorbikes, helping little old ladies, telling jokes, learning, having an ale or two, jumping in puddles, cooking, reading, walking, running, laughing, throwing a stick for our dogs, in short; we live and we feel.

We are not spiritually empty, in fact my cup is full because I can think for myself, be responsible for my actions all without referring to an text written by a number of men for reasons of their own.

Cheers

I'm so happy I'm an atheist.. now.. no matter what I do.. or think.. the only thing restraining me..is the law.
BUT... I can change that!

I rather like the idea of hating people based purely on their 'race'... thus.. I can do this with absolutely ZERO self criticism..and any dill who challenges me.. has no basis on which to do so...other than his or her own opinion.

I rather like the idea of healthy consenting sex with animals.. and when it comes to humans.. hey.. age cannot possibly matter.. because in the end.... nothing does.

In fact.. my liberation from the 'shakles' of religion have so enhanced my wonderful life style of freedom 'from' moral constraint and now..I am liberated from the very idea of 'morality'.

I'm thinking of joining 'NAMBLA' because they are very active in seeking to change the law about 'man boy love' and in a democracy which is based on 'no moral absolutes' this is just like any other legitimate change. I might open up a local branch.. in the ACT.. as close as I can get to where CJ MOrgan resides :)

Yep.. freeeeedommmmm... I love it. My atheism has done soo much for me.

I'm working on a project too.. so that what the stupid 'conservative right wing religious bigots currently call "XXX" pornography.. will be freely available at kinder and preschools as 'sex education'.. after all..what RIGHT do these wowsers have to stop us educating our children as we see fit....

Other projects include 'full marriage rights' between same sex humans.. and human/animal unions.

and so it goes on.. MIUAUG.

Wow, BOAZ_David, all that hatred and hot air. You're not much of an advertisement for faith, are you? Do you actually have any idea what atheism is? No? Thought not. Never mind, neither does the author of the article.

The arrogance of 'believers' who think that only they can have a moral compass is astounding. The difference is that ours is not imposed on us by, for example, pedophile priests ........