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Atheism is not blasphemy

Blasphemy laws punish not other religions, but the non religious. Such laws are an attack on the most persecuted group in history; the atheists.
Blasphemy laws are intended to silence any criticism of gods, but mostly the Abrahamic god.
It is legalised bullying of atheism. It is an attempt to continue to persecute and silence atheists using a secular legal system.

As Saudi Arabia now heads (ridiculously) the UN Human Rights Council, blasphemy laws are much more likely to be enacted.
Many countries are cowardly and silently accepting the bullying and brutalising of their citizens by Islamic hate groups.
How far away are blasphemy laws? How soon before free speech starts to pay a price? When will atheist books start to be burned by blasphemy laws that deem them against the will of god?

Every crime in the name of religion that goes unpunished is an encouragement to commit another.
Every pedophile priest that is unpunished, every rape allowed by the Quran, every beheading, every lashing, every stoning, every genital mutilation, will be committed without complaint because it will be blasphemy to talk against religious crime.
How long until science must agree with religion or be called blasphemy?

If you consider this hyperbolic, look at the history of Abrahamic religions in power.

Blasphemy laws are intended to silence truth and a crime against humanity.

Atheists are the only free people

Freedom
1.
noun
The state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint
2.
exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.

Tell me again how religion sets you free.
Then tell me why religions use fear to control people.

Beyond fear lies freedom.

You're offended?

Ask yourself why you're offended. It's not in defense of your all powerful god, so it must be something in you.
Ask yourself honestly why you are offended by another's beliefs and you will find it has more to do with pride than anything else.
You are offended because your pride is hurt when I think your religious beliefs are silly.

Listen up, hypocrite. Abrahamic religions have been killing, maiming, torturing, shaming, atheists for 2000 years.
Now, when we are starting to question the universe with science and your god doesn't fit into the answers, you want to be offended?
You are offended by truth.
You are offended by reason.
You are offended by the realisation of your own stupidity in believing nonsense for your entire life.
You try to use being offended as an argument to silence criticism of your false beliefs.

The Earth is a very small place in the unimaginably vast universe. Your offence is a particle sized thing on the Earth.
Imagine your offence in that unimaginably vast universe...

The amount that I care about offending you is less than that.

Thank... who?

Christians have said to me, "You don't have to be religious to be grateful for your life."

I've wondered about this kind of thought.

To whom or what should I be grateful for my life, if not some god?

My parents? They planned to have a baby but had no sway as to which sperm would win the sprint to the egg.
Reproduction is more of a compulsion than a choice. We are biologically programmed to reproduce and continue the species.

Should I be grateful to nature? To biology? To random chance? Mathematical probability?

It is enough for me to be happy to be alive.
Gratitude is not necessary. It is a religious foot in the door that separates the realm of reason from the realm of faith.

If you're grateful to be alive, who will you thank?

The truth is...

Truth is not an opinion. It is not a belief, faith, a hunch, a feeling, or a superstition.

What do you know that's true?
Gravity? Drop a ball and it's proven true.

Life? Well, you're reading this... proven.

Death? So far, nobody has beat it.

God? If you rule out the unprovable... belief, faith, a hunch, a feeling, or a superstition, there's nothing there.

Truth is provable.
I've heard most of the bullshit religious arguments.
"Nothing can't come from nothing."
"Prove God doesn't exist."
"If you believe he will prove himself to you."
These arguments always try to get around the request for evidence.
No evidence = no proof = untrue.

The plain fact is, gods are unprovable. They always have been and always will be because they are invented by humans.
That's why you need belief, faith, a hunch, a feeling, or a superstition.

The truth is... gods are not real.

Comfort is over rated.

Discomfort makes more positive changes than comfort.

Sitting on the couch is comfortable. Exercising is not comfortable.
Exercised muscles get stressed and repair to be larger. Lungs enhance their volume, allowing more blood to flow.
Comfort weakens; discomfort strengthens.

An uncomfortable truth is better than a comfortable religious lie.

Every person I've talked to who has left religion and become an atheist tells me they are much happier living an honest life, instead of denying truth to suit their religion.
It isn't easy to give up religious beliefs. It's bloody hard to look at all you've believed your entire life and say, "I'm wrong."
It's uncomfortable to even contemplate such a huge life change!
Discomfort makes you stronger.

Comfort is over rated.