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| Atheism Is The Opium Of The Masses |
| Marx had it all wrong. If God exists, there is a hereafter, and ultimately there is judgment for all of our wrong-doings--lying, stealing, cheating, murder, torturing, abusing, etc. Etc. Etc.; then Atheism is the perfect drug for hiding from such accountability. I'm not defending the existence of God or eternity, but if they exist along with ultimate accountability, then atheism is the perfect "escape" drug. |
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Charlee, I have to agree with you, but not really for the reasons you state....People use drugs in a
way to self medicate (to deal with an unbearable world) it postpones the inevitable clash with
reality. I have a father in law who is getting very old, and is an atheist, evolutionist. The
bitterness and anger at the injustice of the world eats him up every day, with nothing to look
forward to but death and decay. Most all of his generation is gone, he feels terribly alone, even
with children who love him. Quite literally, like a drug addict who has gotten to the point, where
the drugs no longer console, his own beliefs are eating the sole he never fed alive, and he will
most likely die a very miserable man. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. |
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Yup, it's boring and makes people dumb. |
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 Mark  22 May 2008 00:58
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There's nothing good about it so how could it feel good?
Maybe some feel good thinking they are right. |
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Is there not judgement for wrongdoings in this life, for which atheism accounts? Surely the ultimate
judgement would be facing up to the wrongdoings in this life, rather than the purely, for the
moment, speculatory afterlife?
Also, I fail to understand how atheism removes moral responsibility. Would it not instead make
people morally responsible for all their own actions, for there is no 'God,' no Church and nobody
else to pin their wrongdoings on.
And charlee, in your comment "the Christian may realize he needs forgiveness, but the Atheist
doesn't," how can you say such a thing? That simply implies that the atheist is a cold, uneducated
individual. Have you not heard of a concept known to many as conscience? Those who feel in conflict
with their conscience, regardless of their faith, or lack thereof, aim to seek forgiveness or feel
remorse or regret for their wrongdoings.
I would argue that atheism allows for more personal accountability for moral and immoral actions
than most theistic schools of thought. |
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It's the anti-opium. It's the smelling salts of reality. Atheism does not exactly put you in a warm
fuzzy place. It's hard, it's cold, and it's real. But some of us prefer Grizzly bears to teddy
bears. |
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Religion is the Opium of the masses If you look at history you will see the thousand killed from
drugged out religious people with religion set as a reason fro there cause.
Please don't ask me for EVIDENCE either you know what I mean.
People set boundaries for themselves, sex race, origin and religion they use the to determine
themselves.
Especially religion.
If we lost the gridlines and kept the morals that they promote then their would be peace
But there will always be Zealots who will stop this from being attainable |
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To state that you are atheist puts you in a storm of abuse, anyone who can state that they are
atheist and stick to it is a strong person.
But that can be stated for other religions as well, such as Islamic, in Scotland. |
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Atheism is an extreme form of self -responsibility - there is no divine forgiveness, no "get out of
jail free". I'm not an atheist, but have known many who were & who were very moral & justice minded
people - much more so than "nominal" Christians. I would say that the "opiate" of the masses
currently is our exaggerated sense of self -importance |
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Okay, so Karl Marx said that because he knew that a revolution would be frustrated by the effect
that religion has on the individual. The anger and frustration would leave when they went to church
and this would frustrate the revolution from taking place.
I really don't see this happening with atheists. If anything they seem more inclined to activism
than most others. Furthermore, the actual affect that atheism seems to have is an unbridled pride
in all of their positions (be they for good or ill).
If anything i would say that today's opiate of the masses is sports. |
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The issue is that atheist are accountable because they know this is the only life they have. They
don't pull out that trump card called, "forgiveness" every time a Christian does something wrong
throughout their life which appears to be almost every day. |
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