#antheism

[oceanicmarxist]

1929 cover of Bezbozhnik u Stanka, the magazine of the League of Militant Atheists in the U.S.S.R. Cover depicts industrial workers tipping Jesus into a garbage disposal while another smashes a church bell with a big hammer.

[radicalgraff]

"Religion is the opium of the people" 

In Albaicin-Granada, Spain

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]

The Continuing Appeal of Religion

[atheistspooptoo-blog]

001. The Beginning

I haven’t really decided what this is going to be yet, so let’s see where it goes.

The past two years of my life have been a roller coaster.  Who am I kidding, my entire life has been one, but the last two years have been a whole different monster.  The good thing is that through the experiences I’ve gone through I’ve been able to find myself.  To be more comfortable with who I am.  Here are just a few of the things I’ve realized or come to accept…

I am an atheist. I struggled with my faith and religion for a long time.  It was hard for me to wrap my head around any of it, but I kept pushing and hoping that something would make me feel like a “good Christian.”  Eventually I realized that it’s okay to not believe in a higher power.  It’s okay to think this is it.

I am an extrovert, but I love (and crave) time by myself too. Some people call it being an “introverted extrovert,” and that’s pretty accurate I guess.  Overall I thrive being around people.  But after a while I absolutely have to recharge.  The shit thing here is that I tend to go a little overboard when I’m in hermit mode.  I won’t speak to friends, I won’t answer calls…I am a hermit.  What’s super interesting to me is that I used to be more of a hermit well, all the time.  I had terrible anxiety before I started taking Zoloft.  Zoloft saved my life.

I don’t need to run a business to be happy. This may seem a little odd, but I have committed years of my life to running some kind of business, and I’m completely over it right now.  It’s okay to want an average life.

I crave simplicity. I love minimalism.  No, not just bare white walls and uncomfortable chairs, not the decorating style, but the lifestyle.  Only owning things that bring you joy or that serve a needed purpose.  This part is hard because my husband and I differ greatly with this.  I could live in a tiny house and be happy, he loves huge plantation homes.  I could live with just a few clothing items, he has like a gazillion t-shirts.  And in an ideal living situation I would be down for eating the same basic meals each day, but my husband loves all kinds of frozen meals and on-the-go meals.  In the end, my husband is my best friend!  We just differ with this one, so I haven’t been able to have the house quite like I’d prefer.

I need stability. Having times in my life where I had no idea where my next meal was coming from means that I need stability.  In fact, I need even more than that.  I need to know that in an emergency we will be okay.  This, paired with the train wreck that is our current president (Donald Trump), means that I have taken a huge interest in survival skills and prepping.  I’m still a total noob, but I’m learning more each day.

I feel like I have a lot more to say, but this is my first day on Tumblr so I’ll be ending it here and seeing what tomorrow brings.

[helloundefined]

If God was on dating apps you would not be happy or love him

let’s be real. 

[justpoeticjustice]

Christianity + Moral Uprightness

Christianity + Moral Uprightness

I was talking with a wise person on the subject of tithe on a one beautiful afternoon and he gave me some wisdom regarding tithe. This is his argument; everyone usually finds a way to remain sane. Some buy books on different self-help issues; some get accountability partners; some punish themselves for their flaws (God bless them) and so forth and so on. So, he says, if Christianity is keeping…

[hadescavedish]

How can I write something about deconstructing the fate and the destiny, turning one's world upside down. (probably a bit antheism undertone in the story since it was used in a half mytho science fiction)

The best redemption solution, ever.

[nightthief]

Atheism should be characterized, I believe, by a generally relaxed position of tolerance, and the peace that comes with knowing that it’s just us here and that this is not a rehearsal. I won’t be judged by a god or some mysterious universal machinery for being a shrieking hateful prick who doesn’t know how to choose a fight or operate an ethos: I’ll be judged by myself and other humans.

Warren Ellis - The Taxonomy of Sin 

[typical-overthinking]

Why believe in God when Atheist put up a better argument?

As a Christian, atheist put up a really good argument that is very logical, and I usually get pretty impressed when listening to some atheistic people’s inputs. They've argued that God either is not real or does not deserve to be praised. But look at it in a much broader sense. Think about putting your belief in God as placing a bet. There are only two possible outcomes which are that God is real or that He isn't. I think about in a sense that if He does exists then I have a 50/50 chance at being right. If I am wrong & there is no God then when I die I will just rot in the ground with not only atheist but everyone else too & then BAM that’s the end of it, I am gone forever. But if I'm right, I'll spend eternity in a realm that is so amazing that they say it is beyond description. Then if I choose to not believe in God I risk burning for all of eternity in hell. When I think of the best case scenario with an atheistic belief set it is a life that just leads to decomposing in a box that is feet under the ground. By believing in God I have the most to gain, and by believing in Atheism I’ll have more to lose. So after I explained all that... the most logical conclusion is for me to believe in God. The usual reply is "Christians risk all of their life by believing in something false" & that’s when I usually say that so do atheist. Atheist have equal chances of being wrong, & even if they somehow had assurances that they were right, I would much rather risk following a “nonexistent God” in this life that I’m living right now than to experience eternal suffering in the next.

[savedbygracebibledevotionals]

James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Charles Spurgeon

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]

No God no master 1977, by Michael Callaghan

[itsherwhiteblankpage]

The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble, and that’s what man needs to be, considering that human history is just a litany of getting shit dead wrong.

Bill Maher - Religulous (2008)

[anarchistmom]

[top-danny-williams]

People write to me that evolution is only a theory. Well, it is not a theory. Evolution is as solid a historical fact as you could conceive. Evidence from every quarter. What is a theory is whether natural selection is the mechanism and the only mechanism. That is a theory. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that's not theory.

David Attenborough

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]