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Chapter Seven: Beyond Religion

Section 2: Facts and illusions

Knowledge and reason guide us, not ignorance and superstition

This section and most of the rest of this website will be updated shortly.

For a discussion of some of the issues, see Destroying illusions, celebrating life.


Next:
Chapter Seven: Section 3
The meaning of life




"The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish / British Nobel Prize winner (Literature); from the preface to his play Androcles and the Lion (1912)




A new beginning

How do you live when you realize that religion is false?

Do you descend into despair? Lead a life of crime and depravity?

The opposite, actually. Atheists appear more likely to live moral, happier lives than those who are stuck in superstition.

7.1: We should all be Japanese
Where atheism and morality come together

7.2: Facts and illusions
Knowledge and reason overcome ignorance and superstition

7.3: The meaning of life
Meaning comes from within

7.4: Suffering and death
No-one can avoid them

7.5: The pursuit of happiness
There is no higher goal

7.6: You or me?
Who comes first?

7.7: This wondrous universe
Nature inspires awe

7.8: War and peace
How atheists should respond

7.9: Yule enjoy Christmas
Let's all celebrate

7.10: Protect the children
Leave religion to adults

7.11: Who knows? Who cares?
Moving on from atheism

7.12: An atheist's credo
What we believe


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If God existed, he would...

admire the beauty of a universe that he did not create

recognize that eternity is meaningless

deny both heaven and hell

disown all men and women who speak in his name

denounce the harm caused by religious "morality"

help the human race to thrive without him

If God existed, he would be an atheist.


What is the difference between science and faith?

science is certain of nothing and requires proof of everything

faith is certain of everything and requires proof of nothing

Which do you trust?


"I know there is no God"
or
"I believe there is no God"
???

Check the answer





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