I am a secular humanist. I rely on reason to understand the world, and compassion guides my effort to apply my knowledge ethically. I behave decently to everyone without any expectation of rewards or punishment after I'm dead.
I have never believed, even being raised in a strictly catholic home and educated in a catholic school and highschool. I was never capable of understanding, let alone believing in the concept of god. Omnipotence is a very weird construct for someone who doesn't do anything, and omnipresence... that’s just like Santa on Christmas Eve, right?
I really enjoyed your tweet/post on your site about militant atheism. Myself, like many if not most others feel the stigma of attacking religion and when simply stating a rational fact or belief which is considered taboo it's all of a sudden 'militant' in nature. Whereas if you make any other statement, regardless of how controversial, you won't be considered militant. Just like Dawkins and many others say, you can criticise someone's political ideology or anything else but as soon as religion is mentioned, then it's disrespectful and sacriligious. Thanks for sharing this enlightenment.
David Ng
Hi Monica
I really enjoyed your tweet/post on your site about militant atheism. Myself, like many if not most others feel the stigma of attacking religion and when simply stating a rational fact or belief which is considered taboo it's all of a sudden 'militant' in nature. Whereas if you make any other statement, regardless of how controversial, you won't be considered militant. Just like Dawkins and many others say, you can criticise someone's political ideology or anything else but as soon as religion is mentioned, then it's disrespectful and sacriligious. Thanks for sharing this enlightenment.
Nov 27, 2011
Have Blue
Thanks for the welcome comment Monica! I found out about this site through you because you're in a circle on my G+. See you around!
Feb 27, 2012
Joshua McGee
I love you too, honey.
Dec 23, 2012