To the next theist who tells me it is not possible for me, or any one else, to really be an a-theist, or that a-theism is a religion or a “Faith” based belief of some kind, I offer the following definitions:
1. the·ism
ˈTHēˌizəm/
noun: theism
belief in the existence of a god or gods, esp. belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures
2. a·the·ism
ˈāTHēˌizəm/
noun: atheism
disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
The definition of atheism starts and ends here for me. I do not care if others belong to atheistic churches, are new or old atheists, seek to convert the religious to become non-religious, or actively hate theists. The definition starts and ends for me with the one above. I find the defensive, battle-ready stance of some theists when I say I’m a non-theist to be offensive, ignorant, bigoted, and above all else, really fucking annoying. What’s even more annoying is when Christians try to tell me who it is I am. I recently was told that I can’t REALLY be an a-theist because one can’t know ABSOLUTELY that Jesus doesn’t exist, so at best all I, or any non-believer, can truly be is agnostic. After reflecting on this being said to me, I’ve come up with this response: Fuck You! Fuck you, you defensive Christian pussy. No, really. Fuck you!
Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, let me define who I am to the Christian idiots who think they know me better than I do myself. Just because it is impossible to prove a thing does not exist, does not mean that it does, or that I think it does. I do not believe the following things exist because I see NO evidence that they do: Big Foot, UFO’s, Aliens who kidnap people, fondle them, then return them to their beds without leaving a single piece of evidence they were ever there, Ancient Aliens who built the pyramids, The Loch Ness Monster, Thor, Odin, Loki, Osiris, Isis, Jesus, Allah, Vampires, Ghosts, Spirits, etc, etc, etc. Please note that I did not say it’s IMPOSSIBLE for these things to exist. I simply see no reason AT ALL to believe they do. Christians are atheists when it comes to Ra, Zeus, and Isis. They’re not agnostic when it comes to them. They simply do not believe they exist. I’m a non-theist when it comes to all gods, even Jesus. And if you’ve forgotten already what that word means, see the above definitions again and the Sam Harris quote below. Keep reading them over and over until they sink into the muddled mass of feces you call a brain, and STOP thinking you are so omnipotent as to know me. You don’t. You DO NOT define me. I do. Lastly, the same Christians who’ve been so quick to define me are perhaps the most defensive fuckers about their own omnipotent “Faith” as I’ve ever seen people be. I do not believe what you do. I do not care that you believe it. I know it is central to your life, but it isn’t to mine. I’ve no interest in attacking you or converting you, yet this does not seem to matter. It’s as if my disbelief in your god somehow threatens you and your god. This behavior makes you and your god pussies in my eyes, and places a neon sign over your head that reads: “Idiot Seeking Argument Out Of Fear Of Being Wrong. Stay Clear.” I am not interested in debating with Christians, converting them, hating them, or treating them in any other way than I treat anyone else or expect myself to be treated. But know this, judge me, think you’ve some divine right to define and label me, and you’ve gained an enemy, someone who hates not only you, but your mother for having you and your father for fucking your mother and impregnating her with you. If I had total confidence in the fact that an almighty being was REALLY my creator, and I was going to Heaven when I died, I’d not be such a defensive pussy when someone simply told me they did not share my beliefs. That is the sign of a weasel, a spineless weasel who must make others wrong so that he can feel right about himself and his”Faith.” I did not come to the realization I was an atheist with hate in my heart for Christians who behave in such a way. But it is there now. They’ve earned it. Every single last bit of it.
Well, that was a rant.
I suppose my turn will come.
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Naw. It’s an old rant from over a year ago that few saw so I moved it up. I’m balancing out the ranting with some cute stuff now. I ain’t gonna rant at you. This post was in response to someone who kinda kept pissin’ me off about this particular topic. I feel a lot better now. 🙂
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Why “naw”?
Ain’t gonna rant at me? That’s a relief. =p
My statement was mostly a neutral observation. I wasn’t feeling this one at the moment, so “my turn will come”, i.e. someday I’ll feel it, about the same or something similar.
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Aw. I’m sorry. I thought for some reason you believed I’d rant at you one day for some reason. Foolish me. Never mind. 🙂 Yes. If you tell folks from time to time you’re a non-believer, eventually a few will try to “save” you or explain to you that who and what you are is not who and what you say you are but what they say you are. Kinda gets aggravatin’ sometimes. $Amen$ And may your first child be a masculine child.
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All good. 🙂
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Nice to hear. 🙂
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No need to apologize. I don’t think my initial comment was particularly clear.
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My original brain isn’t very clear either. That’s why I need a new one. Until I find one, however, I’ll just have to make due.
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OOPs! I forgot this. 🙂
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And again I say …
“I do not believe what you do. I do not care that you believe it. I know it is central to your life, but it isn’t to mine.”
AMEN!
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And Hallelujah! Why is that so bloody hard for so many theists to understand?
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Zeus exists though right … right!? If not how else am I going to get the chance to marry Aphrodite, and Wonder Woman!!
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Of course he does. All the fun gods do. Hell, they’re fun! 🙂
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Phew! you had me worried there for a second. 🙂
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But I hope you are interested in eating their babies
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I’ve moved up to toddlers. 🙂
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And soon it will be adults, then we will have no more religion problem
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They’re a tad gamey though. Eat ’em while their young, and eat enough of ’em, and soon enough, they’ll all be bye-bye. 🙂
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eat them while they are young and yummy. I like that policy
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Brother, we are most definitely the last two prophets alive. I’m sure the FBI is watching my blog now with all this talk of cannibalism, and, it’s making me hungry. I love being a moral-less heathen. $Amen$
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someone may get ideas and think of hanging us on a cross as last prophets. We ought to be careful
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They can’t hang us on a cross if we eat ’em first. 🙂
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I was listening to an album on Youtube and right when I started reading your post this tune was playing simultaneously. Talk about the surround sound effect. 😀
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Awesome. Serendipity, ain’t it grand. 🙂
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Indeed. lol
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😀
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de ja vu
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$Amen$?
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lol i was like how could i have read that , when it says 4 minutes ago,oh then i looked at the title.lol..
i forgot this part..when i said you can go to _ _ _ _ . jews don’t believe in hell and they didn’t either, until they changed their religion…which is funny, but i wasn’t being funny. $amen$
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I love the Jews. They make great soup, and they’re really funny. 🙂
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lol..we don’t have ham for dinner though, but we can invite ken ham to dinner. 🙂
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Only if I can cook and eat ’em. 🙂
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no, you decided against that remember. there will be plenty of other food not in the dsm codes
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Christian infants? AWESOME!!!!
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lol..no silly. veggie burgers, eggplant parmesan, pizza ,risotto,kugel, potato latkes
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On top of christian baby. Yummy!
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lol..no not even on op of christian baby squid.
ok for the last hour ,i’m looking up how to put comments back..it took me 3 years to accidentally find how to get rid of them…it says go to all posts,then edit then bulk, then 4 things drop down but nothing drops down….i guess my windows xp is what the problem is.
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Probably Jesus fucking with you because you’re Jewish. That happens. Just remind him he’s also Jewish, and he’ll chill out. 🙂
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lol yep. you know i think he would be really shocked if he knew people changed his religion and everything else
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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oh wow ,i am on a roll.. you know what whenever i look something up .wordpress answers are not helpful & 6 years ago, no wonder there’s no button…but answers that aren’t by wordpress are 3 steps, not by rude template & brain surgeon answers & 5 minute video answers
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It’s a Republican plot to take over your blogs. 🙂
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well i’m glad it’s not a democratic plot. i don’t believe in politics..is there a word for that.lol
while my brain is working,which is a miracle ,i’m thinking how jesus would be very upset. he is supposed to believe in one g-d..that’s his religion…his 1st commandment was is there is only one g-d..so he would be horrified & praying to g-d for forgiveness that poeple are praying to him
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He’s one god who is part of three gods who are really only one god. Yeah. Right. And religious people aren’t considered mentally ill why?
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LOL yes & a ghost..you go overboard, i consider you mentally ill..like, i had a cousin in s.c. we are conservative..when he father died he went overboard orthodox & wouldn’t let his mother sit in the service ( men & women together)
then, at the house , he made a comment about me being in the same room with his nephew a male ( one i was 11 & 2 his niece was there too..
then he went to ny & had 7 children & lived with a chasidic rabbi.. he’s mentally ill…
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God bless the mentally ill. 🙂
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LOL that one had ,e falling over laughing. you are a genius . 🙂
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Why thank you. 🙂
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thank-you j . needed that laugh 🙂
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I LOVE to hear I’ve made someone laugh. 😀
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i am someone
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Indeed you are. An awesome someone who reads my blog and laughs. Thank you very, very much. 🙂
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lol.. i do read your blog and laugh. no thank-YOU!
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And thank you. 🙂
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you’re welcome 🙂
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you would enjoy being a jewish child in s.c. ,living near bob jones university. if i had a nickel for every time: “have you been saved”.. 8 of my frined’s fathers were baptist ministers…once my catholic n y boyfriend .supervisor of the atf in charleston said you have a church on every corner…..& the worst is the “jews for jesus” started with me in the 90’s …there os no such thing ,if you believe in jesus , you are not jewish & after 20 years, last week , i told one they can go to he!! for all i care.i am not getting sick anymore from arguing with them & asking them to stay away from me forever.
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Hallelujah!
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lol
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Allow me to illustrate the error in your line of thinking: you don’t believe in god. That means you’ve heard of the guy. If you’ve heard of a guy that must mean he exists. If he exists, that means you believe he does. If you believe he exists, you are a theist. If you are a theist, you’re not an atheist, unless of course you don’t believe in god. But if you don’t believe in god, that means you’ve heard of the guy. If you’ve heard of a guy…etc. etc…
I wonder how long it will take humanity to stop having this argument…
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Until they realize I’m God because my Faith tells me I am.
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erm, have you heard of Bob? Well, now you have. Bob is my invisible friend. If you’ve heard of him that means he exists and if he does that means you believe he does. You’d better because Bob likes to fuck with people like you; hide your keys, spill your drinks on you, make policemen hear cursing when you are around and stuff like that. All you have to do is publicly declare your belief in Bob and you’ll be protected from all these bad things and more.
There, I think that frames it a bit better.
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And here I was thinking there was only one invisible guy out there named Joe. Now you say there’s a Bob. Welp. Time to go kill a few Bob believers then. 🙂
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Well said!
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Thank you. And true to form, though I thought I made it VERY clear that debate is not something I was seeking here, I’ve had Christian’s pointing out how I’m wrong not to believe in their god. What a frail, weak, belief they have to feel compelled to defend it every time someone says they simply don’t believe it and aren’t interested in debating it. Even though I say I think it is fine they believe what they do and I’m not judging them for it or trying to convert them to disbelief, and even though I say all am asking for from them is to be accepted as I’m accepting them, still they insist on telling me I’m wrong not to believe in their god. I think it is they who don’t believe their own bullshit, and they, themselves, they are trying to convince that their god is who they were told he is. Weak. Pathetic, and very fucking annoying.
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Yes, they don’t seem to understand the “Thanks, but no thanks.”
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To me, it’s akin to saying the moon is made of cheese and continually trying to convince those who say it isn’t that it is. Very unconvincing way to convert people to their religion. Charlemagne had a better way, back in the day when he was converting pagans for the Pope. He’d tell non-believers that, “You can join my god, or meet him.” With a sword to my neck, I’d be converted, too.
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Ha! For a little while. Christians did the same in Jerusalem when it was sacked. Forgot what year, but the local bishop told everyone “gods going to turn a blind eye while you convert to Islam to save your lives.”
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There’s a Ridly Scott movie with Orlando Bloom about the crusades called, I think, “Days of Heaven” where that is touched on. Ain’t nothing like a battle over a Holy Land in an arid, hot, wind blown desert to inspire converts to your deity of choice.
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Oh, that is where i might have seen it. Arghhh, fiction and non-fiction blurring…
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“Kingdom of Heaven” is the name of the film. I liked it. Fiction and non-fiction blurring, eh? Sounds like the makings of an undeniably true religion.
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Razor sharp philosophy – great stuff Sir.
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I’ve been inspired, Sir. Thank you.
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Reblogged this on The Daily Pause and commented:
Just a thought the minutes ago: By the mere mention and/or “thought” of a “god”, y’all have created a “god”! Therefore, there exists a “god”. Could anyone define this logic? Thanks!
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Therefor the idea or thought of a god is created and an idea exists in your mind. I think about Darth Vader a lot too. Doesn’t make him real. Thx for the repost.
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Yeah, both “god” and “DV” are supposed to be the “good” guys, by the way.
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I’d rather be Darth Maul, though. So maybe if I think hard enough about it, I can become him and rule the world.
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Your hate can go back to generations! Reminds of their god saying he will punish sons and their children for four generations or something more I can’t remember how many
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Well, like I always say, you can’t punish your kids enough! Start beatin’ ’em early and don’t stop til ya kill a few. That’ll learn ’em ta fuckin’ play around! Hee Haw!
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I just signed up on this sight. I am a girl, I look nothing like that green hairy icon guy. LOL
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Well, don’t be scared off, but I kinda resemble that guy a little. Oh, hell, you’ve got me! It is me!
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if it helps any, I am a Christian, but I guess not a F*** one, anyway I have no problem with you believing there is no God or anything else. Free will! I read what you wrote because I like to see other peoples points of view. thanks
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Thank you. I have no problem what so ever in you believing there is one. Thanks.
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Easter bunny? Tooth fairy? The Great Pumpkin?
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OK, I’ll admit it, Tinkerbell.
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Rock on with your bad self…. I’m right there with you brother.
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Thank you kindly. I just had to write this and say it today.
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Some days it’s necessary to shout… I call it stress management The people I work with call it inconvenient
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Indeed. I just had had enough today and had to say fuck you Christians! Christ, that feels good! (Irony noted)
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