samuraifrog: dariuswhiteplume:bronz-age:friendlyatheist:via farm3.static.flickr.com “Atheism Cures Religious Terrorism.” Yes. And religious extremism of all stripes, except perhaps for religious intolerance.  The Russians already tried this and failed miserably.  You can’t stop belief, the power of belief, or the will to believe by just not believing, or institutionalizing a policy of not believing. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m EXTREMELY skeptical of organized religion, but I was force fed enough Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to know that although this “apothegm” is slightly clever wordplay by bumper sticker standards, it shows a profound misunderstanding of human nature if beneath that cynical irony there is even the slightest trace of belief in that statement’s truth.

samuraifrog:

dariuswhiteplume:bronz-age:friendlyatheist:via farm3.static.flickr.com

“Atheism Cures Religious Terrorism.”

Yes. And religious extremism of all stripes, except perhaps for religious intolerance.  The Russians already tried this and failed miserably.  You can’t stop belief, the power of belief, or the will to believe by just not believing, or institutionalizing a policy of not believing.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m EXTREMELY skeptical of organized religion, but I was force fed enough Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to know that although this “apothegm” is slightly clever wordplay by bumper sticker standards, it shows a profound misunderstanding of human nature if beneath that cynical irony there is even the slightest trace of belief in that statement’s truth.