Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Having faith is not something to be proud of.

Having faith is not something to be proud of. I'm sick of people being proud of their faith. They say "I have faith" like it's some kind of badge of honor. When you say you have faith, you're basically saying "I don't use my brain." Let me explain.

Blindly believing in something when you have no proof or logic behind it is something to be ashamed of. Your large brain gives you the ability to reason, yet you ignore that ability. That is something to be ashamed of - you are purposefully making yourself dumber than you are.

All religions at some point in time were created by man for one reason or another. They are all equally false and invalid, as they are all simply a set of rules and beliefs that someone made up. In the times of cavemen, there was no religion. All religions were invented by people sometime after that. The only reason Christianity and Catholicism are so popular is because they happened to be in the right place a the right time. They gained popularity long ago, because back then people were ignorant and would believe anything they were told.

It is pure luck that these religions are so predominant today. It could've easily been any nubmer of religions that caught on. So - all religions are simply a bunch of phony ideas. To devote yourself to one specific religion and proclaim "this is the correct religion" is just insane.

It's time for people to stop being so "polictically correct" when it comes to faith. It's time for non-religious people to speak out against it. Faith should be criticized and mocked openly.

Let's say a person was answering a math problem and they said "2 + 2 = 6. I have faith that it does and that's my answer." That person would be mocked and thought to be crazy. Yet when people proudly say "I have faith that my religion is correct," it is socially acceptable and often applauded. Having faith in your religion is choosing to be dumb. It's about time people started speaking out against faith in larger numbers.


Percentage of NON-religious people by country:

In America: 12% (up from 8% in 1987)

In Sweden: 85%

Japan: 65%

France: 54%

Britain: 44%


In Britain (the closest country to American in culture) nearly HALF of the population are non-believers. Why are American's so dumb? I believe that because America is so large and spread out, many parts of the country have been isolated for a long time. People have not been exposed to different ideas because they have only been in contact with other people in their town (people who share the same beliefs). But in recent years, television and the internet are exposing them to other ideas. Americans aren't as isolated as they once were. The percentage of non-believers has risen from 8% to 12% in the last 20 years. People are turning away from religion. They are finally realizing how dumb it is.

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