I wrote this for the gullible Christian morons at the Wall Street Journal.

"Later, Jesus even invited Thomas to touch his wounds."

This would be after Jeebus magically rose from the dead. That never happened because it's impossible.

Christianity completely depends on this ridiculous magic trick. Without the brainwashing of children, Christianity would be extinct in less than 100 years.

UPDATE:

What I wrote for a god-soaked fucktard at the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Snowden: 7.13 billion people who were brainwashed when they were children.

If something requires "belief" or "faith" I throw it out, especially if it's wishful thinking. I prefer reality.

Some countries in Europe are mostly atheists. America is catching up to them. The newer generations are throwing out the childish god fantasy.

UPDATE:

The Wall Street Journal deleted everything I wrote. They're stupid fucking assholes trying to defend their stupidity.

There is so much stupidity out there. Most people are morons.

An idiot wrote, "Atheists don't say 'there is no God'?"

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I wrote this: Bullshit. I'm 100% certain your magic god fairy fantasy is impossible for the same reason I'm 100% certain your magic Easter Bunny is impossible. There is no magic in the universe.

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A moron atheist wrote this bullshit: "Atheists don't claim there is no God".

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I wrote this for the stupid asshole: That's ridiculous. Normal people know there are not any god fairies out there. You're a wimpy fake atheist. You wimps have my contempt. The stupid, it burns.

Someone asked a good question about religious fucktards. I wrote an answer and someone else wrote a better answer.

"Are religious people simply more gullible than normal people?"

A normal person would be an atheist. Religious people don't care about things like evidence and common sense. They believe any fantasy that makes them feel good, for example, the ridiculous heaven fantasy. It's fair to say they are gullible.

Anonymous wrote the best answer: "Magic man in the sky offers eternal life AFTER you are dead...... Yes, the answer to your question is a most definite yes."

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In the United States young people are throwing out the god bullshit, and that's a good thing.

The Washington Post

Religion

Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey

March 29, 2021

The proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church, synagogue or mosque has dropped below 50 percent, according to a poll from Gallup released Monday. It is the first time that has happened since Gallup first asked the question in 1937, when church membership was 73 percent.

In recent years, research data has shown a seismic shift in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward general disaffiliation, a trend that analysts say could have major implications for politics, business and how Americans group themselves. In 2020, 47 percent of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. The polling firm also found that the number of people who said religion was very important to them has fallen to 48 percent, a new low point in the polling since 2000.

For some Americans, religious membership is seen as a relic of an older generation, said Ryan Burge, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and a pastor in the American Baptist Church. Gallup’s data finds that church membership is strongly correlated with age: 66 percent of American adults born before 1946 belong to a church, compared with 58 percent of baby boomers, 50 percent of Generation X and 36 percent of millennials.

Burge said many Christians still attend church but do not consider membership to be important, especially those who attend nondenominational churches. But no matter how researchers measure people’s faith — such as attendance, giving, self-identification — Americans’ attachment to institutional religion is on the decline.

Burge, who recently published a book about disaffiliating Americans called “The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” predicts that in the next 30 years, the United States will not have one dominant religion.

“We have to start thinking about what the world looks like in terms of politics, policy, social service,” Burge said. “How do we feed the hungry, clothe the naked when Christians are half of what it was. Who picks up the slack, especially if the government isn’t going to?”

Christianity is declining at a rapid pace, but Americans still hold positive views about religion’s role in society

The coronavirus pandemic, which forced most churches to close in March 2020, has caused a major disruption to American religious life, with most people unable to join weekly mass gatherings. But polls have not found a dramatic impact on Americans’ religiosity in the past year. Americans are more likely than people in other countries to say that their religious faith has become stronger during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.

Tara Isabella Burton, author of “Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World,” attributes the national decline in religious affiliation to two major trends among younger Americans. First, she points to broader shifts suggesting a larger distrust of institutions, including police and pharmaceutical companies. Some Americans are disillusioned by the behavior of religious leaders, including the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal and the strong White evangelical alignment with former president Donald Trump.

Southern Baptists see historic drop in membership

The other major trend Burton describes is how people are mixing and matching from various religious traditions to create their own. Many people who don’t identify with a particular religious institution still say they believe in God, pray or do things that tend to be associated with faith.

“Why shouldn’t I pray or meditate or attend a liturgy, or perhaps I feel closer to the divine when I can do something privately rather than something that’s prescribed for me,” she said. “It’s my own spin on it.”

Younger generations that grew up with the Internet have a different kind of relationship with information, texts and hierarchy, Burton said.

“Existing trends in American religious life were exacerbated by generations that grew up in Internet culture that celebrates ownership — the idea that you can re-create a meme or narrative,” she said. “You have ownership over curating your own experience.”

Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argued in a recent essay for the Atlantic that what was once religious belief has been replaced by political belief in many communities.

On the political right, he said in an interview, conservative Christians focused on Trump as a political savior rather than focusing on their traditional questions of morality. Christians in the Republican Party, he said, are being less defined by their faith than by a set of more narrow concerns.

And on the political left, Hamid said, strains of “wokeism” have taken up religious notions like sin and excommunication and repurposed them for secular ends. Hamid said that because there aren’t clear leaders, such as priests or imams, or a transcendent source that defines belief, the standards for what is considered “woke” continues to change.

“The vacuum [of religion] can’t just remain a vacuum,” Hamid said. “Americans are believers in some sense, and there has to be structures of belief and belonging. The question is, what takes the place of that religious affiliation?”

Scott Clement contributed to this report.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a religion reporter, covering how faith intersects with politics and culture. She runs The Washington Post's religion vertical. Before joining The Post, she was a national correspondent for Religion News Service. Follow

Here in Idiot America we have millions of fucking assholes like this moron. Reality makes him cry

What I wrote at the Washington Post:

The pope says the interreligious meeting will aim to show “our conviction that religion must serve the cause of peace and unity among all God’s children.”

I got a better idea. Throw out Catholicism, throw out Islam, and throw out all the other ridiculous cults.

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FUCKTARD:

Yay! That really worked well in the first atheist states - Soviet Russia, for example (30 million murdered in the first three decades). North Korea's doing even better. Pol Pot must have been a beacon of light to you.

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What I wrote for the moron:

The problem with your magic-god-fairy is it's ridiculous, childish, and impossible. There is no magic in the universe.

And your favorite dictators have nothing to do with it. By the way, Denmark and many other civilized countries are mostly atheists, aka normal people.

I suggest grow up and face facts. Your fairy isn't real. There is no evidence for it and the thing is equal to your Easter Bunny.

I repeat, grow up. You can do it.

I answered a question about religions.

"Have you ever changed religions?"

When I threw out Catholicism I didn't choose another moronic cult. I decided to accept reality and become a normal person, aka atheist.

I asked this question: A question for atheists who were theists. What made you decide to throw out your religious brainwashing? Here are some of the answers.

When I was around 40, my faith was wavering so I decided to look at the evidence for the Bible. I looked at the science behind both creationism and evolution and initially I had to force myself to be very objective and through with both -- I tend to just accept any creationist claim and reject evolution. The more I learned, the more that switched to accepting evolution and dismissing creationist claims. It didn't take too long to see that creationist authors were blatantly ripping off Christians.

I did further research into other Biblical events that should have left lasting evidence. For example, while I would not expect the Noah's ark would have lasted, clearly a world wide flood would have left massive evidence both in geology and in genetics, but nothing remotely similar was to be found.

Now there is some supporting evidence for parts of the Bible, but none of it directly or indirectly suggests that God exist, it just suggests that the Bible does contain some history and geography.

I know that many people claim that the earlier events in the Bible are "metaphorical" or "allegorical", but they are not written that way, other writers in the Bible refer to them as real events rather than metaphors and it was not until relatively recently that more than a handful of people started to claim that they were metaphors or allegories

I think the last straw was asking a question about the Star of Bethlehem on R&S, but when you might actually get some serious answers. The answers I got confirmed what I had already found out, i.e. the herald of the most important event in history had not been noticed by anyone but the wise men, even though it led them for up to two years.

-- Pirate AM™

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Fighting in a series of several religious wars did it for me. In all truth.

-- Veschengro

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I was raised/indoctrinated into Protestant Christianity. But once I learned about other religions, I realized the chances were small that I had happened to be born into the correct religion. Then I learned about mythologies, that they were religions that people stopped believing in. It seemed obvious that all religions were simply myths people still believed in.

This was about 35 years ago, and nothing I've seen or heard or read since has changed my mind or even made me doubt that all religions are just man-made myths.

-- Anonymous

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When I was about 17 I decided that I wanted to be a better Christian by thoroughly studying the Bible and learning the historical context. It didn't have the result I expected.

-- God of Thunder

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There is nothing true about the Judeo-Christian teachings. I simply couldn't believe a pack of lies any longer. The supposed messianic prophecies were the nail in the coffin for me.

-- Troll

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I was raised Christian, spent over 20 years believing in God, loving Jesus, going to church, and reading the Bible.

I wanted to get closer to God so I started studying the Bible in-depth. But that study showed me there is no proof God exists.

-- Anonymous

Today is Sunday, January 31, 2021. For Americans the world is a much better place than it was before we threw the moron president out the window.

Hell awaits atheists but do they care or even realize they're in hell when in hell?

Are they immune and indifferent to hell? Are they vaccinated against hell and the devil? What can we do to make atheists realize hell awaits them and they should transfer all their money and loyalty to the Methodists.

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The hell fantasy has a big problem. It's impossible to torture someone who is dead. This is a basic fact of reality.

One more thing: The question was well done. Especially the Methodists stuff.

I wrote this for the god-soaked assholes who infest the Wall Street Journal.

It would be so nice to have an atheist president. Religious stuff doesn't belong in the 21st century. We know things these days.

UPDATE:

A Christian fucktard asked this stupid question: "Please, tell us just what you know."

This is what I wrote for the moron:

Here in the 21st century, thanks to something called science, we know your god-of-the-gaps has run out of hiding places. A god fairy who never had anything to do is a fairy that doesn't exist.

Even without the science, the idea there's a magical god thing hiding somewhere in the universe is a ridiculous fantasy.

I never met a Christian who wasn't a fucking moron.

A Christian fucktard asked this stupid question:

"Why do atheists insist their religion isn't a religion?"

This is what I wrote for the asshole:

I explained this before many times. It's very simple but it might difficult for a moron.

Here it is: "People who are not religious do not belong to a religion."

If you still don't understand, ask a 5-year-old to help you.

What I wrote for an agnostic fucktard.

"Am I considered a bad person if I'm agnostic?"

I wouldn't call you a bad person. I would call you someone who is unable to grow up and make a decision. Are magic god fairies real or not? You can't figure that out even though the answer is obvious.

The problem with being an agnostic is you are part of the religious stupidity problem.

A normal person is 100% certain god fairies are impossible for the same reason the Easter Bunny is impossible. Are you agnostic about the Easter Bunny?

Jeebus and Muhammad

I never met a Catholic who wasn't a fucking retard.

"What religion were you raised with and where? And what is your current religion and where do you live now?"

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I was brainwashed to be a Catholic in a Chicago suburb.

These days I'm a hardcore atheist and anti-theist. Religions are for cowards who are afraid of reality.

I wrote this for some Christian fucktards.

Atheists do not use the word "believe". If belief is required then the idea is wrong and it must be thrown out. Miracles are a good example. They require belief so of course they are impossible.

We have something called "Reality". Magical miracles, magic god fairies, and magic Easter Bunnies are not reality so these fantasies must be thrown out.

I don't understand why I should have to explain these things. Why can't people just grow up and face facts?

I wrote this post on May 29, 2013. Here it is again.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Why would the world be a much better place if everyone was an atheist?

I asked this question at Yahoo Answers.

This would be my answer: There would much less violence, no suicide bombings, much less stupidity, no more brainwashing of children, no more harassment of biology teachers, no more wasted lives, and human progress would be unlimited.

Here are some of the best answers:

Why would the world be a much better place if everyone was an atheist?

Because religion is generally dangerous and damaging.
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It teaches people not to doubt, not to question, not to seek knowledge, but to be credulous and complacent and to accept as reality what can not even be shown to actually exist. That's damaging to the human intellect and retards the progress of humanity.
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Because existence would be viewed from a FACTUAL perspective by 100% of people.
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities". - Voltaire
That's why.
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It actually doesn't matter what they believe as much as how they behave. If people behaved as atheists then the world would improve because science and technology would get the funding churches used to build buildings and live lavish lifestyles. Also many of the prejudices of theists would be gone making the world a happier place for everyone whereas theists usually only want to make themselves happy and force their views on others through violence and legislation.
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Because we don't kill/torture/maim/rape/ostracize/hate people based on Bronze Age superstitions.
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All gods are just mythologies. If we have evidence for something we should embrace it, not run from it or pretend it doesn't exist. We should value the truth no matter how uncomfortable it seems.
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It would remove one very large basis for discrimination and hate: that of differing religious views and trying to impose them and their mandated acts, dress codes, oppressive demands, and restrictions on others.
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Because there will not be people killing others for not being 'the chosen race' or for worshiping the 'wrong god'.
Everyone will also be pursuing knowledge instead of being held back by thinking 'god did it'.

I wrote this somewhere else. It's about religious fucktards.

The god-soaked are afraid most people will be atheists, which is already a fact in most European countries, Australia, and Japan.

Eventually, even the United States will be mostly atheists.

I answered a question about Christian retards.

"Atheists get to do what they want and base life decisions on themselves and their own choices. Christians have a more restricted lifestyle of doing what they want. Though they have a God to look forward to seeing in the end. Atheists don't have that life after death excitement. Who's got a better life?"

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"Atheists don't have that life after death excitement."

I wouldn't call it "excitement". I would call it childish cowardly ridiculous bullshit.

Thank goodness I threw Christianity in the garbage where it belongs. The cult is insane. Jeebus rose from the dead? I can't imagine anything more disgusting.

And of course every Christian belief is impossible. Christians think they can throw out reality but reality is not going anywhere.

I answered a question about faith.

"When was it that you lost your faith?"

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I was 18 years old. I was a brainwashed Catholic. I went to church every Sunday. Then I noticed something very interesting. The Pastor, two Sundays in a row, spent the entire sermon talking about why we needed to give more money to the wealthy Vatican. I then realized the Church is not a religion. It's a business and the customers are suckers. That was the last time I went to church.

A few years after that I threw out the ridiculous god fantasy. These days I'm a hardcore atheist and anti-theist.

Jeebus and Mo