"If not God, what do you believe in?"

Fear Not

SJWs, religions, 3rd wave feminists, and the regressive left are too frightened of dealing with their own issues to do so, therefore they expect the rest of us to change society to fit their fears.
This is precisely what we must not do.
To live in fear... to merely react to any uncomfortable change with denial and obstruction is to stagnate the evolution of the human race, or at the very least to change our evolutionary course to one of mere survival, as opposed to one striving for growth and greatness.
We must act in the best interests of future generations and choose the wisest course for humanity.
The fearful are a mostly harmless minority that have always been present in the human tribe. They are successful only because their agenda is censorship in the guise of fairness and that censorship happens to fit very well within the one percent's plans for society. The fearful get massive coverage on the news and politicians quote them and enact laws for them.
Look at the difficulty Bernie Sanders has in getting air time with his proven, reasonable ideas, compared to the air time the fearmongering Donald Trump gets.
Bernie unites; Trump divides.
Any group that fits the one percent's plan gets plenty of media air time.
Want some air time? Simply shout your message that, "Nothing should be allowed that hurts my feelings!"
What a great message for the one percent!
"Sorry, your rights make these people afraid, so we're going to have to take them away."

We are cowards

The trouble with humanity is cowardice. We are cowards. We knowingly do wrong or witness wrong without acting and rationalise it afterwards.

We are afraid of death, so we accept religions which promise eternal life. Religions offer many ways to erase the guilt of doing wrong, especially when the wrong helps the religion flourish.

We see wrong being done and do not speak up. We walk by and think, "I have a family," or, "It's none of my business."
It is your business. If you don't speak up for other's rights, you will lose your own rights.
And would you want your children to know you saw something wrong and did nothing, or that you saw something wrong and helped?
What lessons will you teach your children?

When you see wrong being done to someone, speak up. Act. Get help.
Because wrongness is growing. It is being spread by religions, by special interest groups, and it is not being resisted by the only force capable of stopping it, which is not governments, churches, or businesses... it is you and I, the people who witness wrongs and turn our backs.

Because we are cowards.

"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity..."

Not because of what people might think.

Not because you want to be a hero.

Not even because it's what you were taught to do.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or cruelty for the simple reason of being the person you want to be and loving yourself.

If you see someone being bullied, you can step in and feel good about yourself or ignore it and feel guilty.

It's that simple.

Hitch -4

Christopher Hitchens died four years ago today.
I learned so much from watching him on you tube and reading his words.
As Dawkins said, "He just knew so much!"
Dawkins and Dennet and Harris and Hirsi Ali and many others inspire me... but it was Hitch who stood up to religious abuses so readily, so confidently, so knowledgeably, and so full of disdain for lies that showed me we were not only allowed to speak against religious power, but that it was our duty.

(Insert just about anything)

"Shut up! You can't say that!"
"Why not?"
"It offends me!"
"Just you?"
"No! It offends a lot of people!"
"Wait... I shouldn't say anything that offends anyone?"
"Of course not!"
"But what if being censored offends me?"
"That doesn't count."
"Why not?"
"Because free speech is offensive to some people!"
"Yes, but only those people who want to censor all opinions but their own."
"Shut up!"
"See what I mean?"
"Look. We're trying to make the world free of hatred!"
"No. You're trying to force hatred into hiding."
"Same thing."
"No. Hatred in hiding festers. Hatred in the open can be healed."
"Do you know what would happen if anyone could say anything they wanted to say?"
"Freedom?"
"Shut up!"
"Why?"
"Because I don't agree with you!"
"Ooh, what a giveaway! Would you silence all you disagree with?"
"Fuck you!"
"You don't seem too concerned about saying offensive things; only hearing them."
"You're an asshole!"
"A splendid use of free speech! Too bad you don't allow others that same freedom."
"Are you calling me a hypocrite?"
"I would never offend you by stating the obvious."
"Well then... That's better!"

"You can't prove God doesn't exist!"

Look, you fucking wanker...
For 2000 years, people who desparately need proof of God as evidence they will live on after death have been unable to prove God exists. The most motivated people in the history of humanity have found no evidence for 2000 years!
The best they can come up with is, "Someone told me God exists and I believe he exists."
Or, "Flowers are pretty, so God exists."
Or, "We see nature's patterns, so God did it."
Or, "I have an old book..."

I don't have to prove God doesn't exist. I have no burning desire to try to disprove an invisible fiction that does nothing and cannot be sensed in any manner.
There is no valid evidence to refute.
There is nothing to debate.
It is obvious to any reasonable and thinking person that all gods are man made.

You are correct. I can't prove God doesn't exist.
But you are wrong, and probably quite stupid, if you think that proves your god does exist.