Ignorance grants happiness.
That's how the placebo effect works ( A.K.A. God)
Once you gather enough knowledge of the world everything turns gray, but there is still something wonderful about it, once you manage to feel part of the whole instead of just:
- The lamb.
- The water.
- The creation.
- The slave.
It could still be depressing but in the words of Richard Dawkins:
It might sound that I am bashing all religions, when I'm mostly trying to target theism, but who says that all religious people are incapable of critical or rational thinking? (even though that they end up cornering themselves with their arguments since religion and reason are opposites)
But the people that this guy is talking about, still lives in castles made of stone where the "voice of the lord" is being preached, sometimes we call them presidents and others we call them priests. The Lords are known to wear many disguises, but the truth is that they will always remain human beings in their core (no matter how rotten their cores might be)
I feel like we should be preaching something more in the lines of:
It is my understanding that, if you were never religious, it would easy to accept the truth with little consequence.
- There is no father other than old pops, and mom sure is no virgin.
- There is no meaning other than the one you fabricate for yourself with your every action, every second, of every day.
- There is no heaven or hell, therefore your actions must be honest (no bias for punishment or prize awarded for them)
- We only live our life once and we should do so carefully and very fully.
However if you were deceived before, by any irrational belief it will be difficult to accept the truth, as much as:
- Young elephants still remain chained with nothing more than a bicycle lock in their adult and strong years, because they are unaware of the evolution of their own strength.
- Slaves feel the weight of the already broken chains upon their wrists. As theism it's bondage
Or in a more colorful way if I may:
-As hard as leaving that bitch psycho suicide ex girlfriend behind after many years of awesome extramarital sexual intercourse, except of course that there is no real evidence to support that GOD had ever had tits.
That's how the placebo effect works ( A.K.A. God)
Once you gather enough knowledge of the world everything turns gray, but there is still something wonderful about it, once you manage to feel part of the whole instead of just:
- The lamb.
- The water.
- The creation.
- The slave.
It could still be depressing but in the words of Richard Dawkins:
The
universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a
nice warm feeling inside. If it's true, it's true, and you'd better
live with it.
It might sound that I am bashing all religions, when I'm mostly trying to target theism, but who says that all religious people are incapable of critical or rational thinking? (even though that they end up cornering themselves with their arguments since religion and reason are opposites)
During
the next hundred years, the question for those who love liberty is
whether we can survive the most insidious and duplicitous attacks from
within, from those who undermine the virtues of our people, doing in
advance the work of the Father of Lies. “There is no such thing as truth,” they teach even the little ones. “Truth
is bondage. Believe what seems right to you. There are as many truths
as there are individuals. Follow your feelings. Do as you please. Get
in touch with your self. Do what feels comfortable.” Those who speak in this way prepare the jails of the twenty-first century. They do the work of tyrants.”
― Michael Novak
Weird that such wisdom came from an American Catholic philosopher (...).But the people that this guy is talking about, still lives in castles made of stone where the "voice of the lord" is being preached, sometimes we call them presidents and others we call them priests. The Lords are known to wear many disguises, but the truth is that they will always remain human beings in their core (no matter how rotten their cores might be)
I feel like we should be preaching something more in the lines of:
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.
-Christopher Hitchens
It is my understanding that, if you were never religious, it would easy to accept the truth with little consequence.
- There is no father other than old pops, and mom sure is no virgin.
- There is no meaning other than the one you fabricate for yourself with your every action, every second, of every day.
- There is no heaven or hell, therefore your actions must be honest (no bias for punishment or prize awarded for them)
- We only live our life once and we should do so carefully and very fully.
However if you were deceived before, by any irrational belief it will be difficult to accept the truth, as much as:
- Young elephants still remain chained with nothing more than a bicycle lock in their adult and strong years, because they are unaware of the evolution of their own strength.
- Slaves feel the weight of the already broken chains upon their wrists. As theism it's bondage
Or in a more colorful way if I may:
-As hard as leaving that bitch psycho suicide ex girlfriend behind after many years of awesome extramarital sexual intercourse, except of course that there is no real evidence to support that GOD had ever had tits.
