The Atheist Blogger

I’ve often described myself as anti-religious but it’s a very vague label I’ve used for the past 5 or 6 years. It only really applies to the big players out there; Christianity, Islam, Judaism, as well as the slightly smaller religions like Sikhism, and the obvious cults like Scientology, Mormonism and the Westboro Baptist Church. I could hardly call myself anti-religious of all religions, since a lot of them are perfectly fine. I have no beef with Buddhism or Hinduism since they are tolerant religions (as far as I am aware). Women in Hinduism have suffered intolerance in the past, but this has been eradicated in recent years to the point where the only people who practice such things as Sati are not connected with the main Hindu movement.

So no, taking everything into consideration, I am not “anti-religious”. The one thing that draws all the religions I am against into one group is intolerance. They are all intolerant of something (sometimes many things) that has no reason in the modern world, whether it be Homosexuality, Women, Black people (Mormonism), or Psychiatry (Scientology). Some people who subscribe to these religions try to adapt them to better suit the times, but such adaptation is often a violation of a core belief, leaving me wondering why these people seem to prefer picking and choosing beliefs rather than following no doctrine at all.

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You will have no doubt heard that atheist activist Rob Sherman, the man who got shouted at by Illinois State Rep Monique Davis for being an atheist, has been named as the “Worst Person in the World” by Keith Olberman:

Rob Sherman’s crime? Calling Monique Davis a “negro” on his website. Now I don’t admit to knowing all of black history, and coming from England, a place where blacks have had freedom for many many years now, I obviously don’t have much experience with racism. However, it seems to me that the term “negro” is not racist when used in a perfectly legititmate context, such as referring to the oppression of black people or “negroes”. Why else would an organisation exist called the “United Negro College Fund”? If “negro” is such a racist slur, why haven’t the UNCF been prosecuted?

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