The Atheist, By Merely Being

People Who Harbor Strong Convictions Without Evidence Belong At The Margins Of Our Societies, Not In Our Halls Of Power. The Only Thing We Should Respect In A Person’s Faith Is His Desire For A Better Life In This World; We Need Never Have Respected His Certainty That One Awaits Him In The Next.

Faith Drives A Wedge Between Ethics And Suffering. Where Certain Actions Cause No Suffering At All, Religious Dogmatists Still Maintain That They Are Evil And Worthy Of Punishment. . . . And Yet, Where Suffering And Death Are Found In Abundance Their Causes Are Often Deemed To Be Good. . . . This Inversion Of Priorities Not Only Victimizes Innocent People And Squanders Scarce Resources; It Completely Falsifies Our Ethics.

There's No Way To Reconcile Islam With Christianity. This Difference Of Opinion Admits Of Compromise As Much As A Coin Toss Does.

We Have A Choice. We Have Two Options As Human Beings. We Have A Choice Between Conversation And War. That's It. Conversation And Violence. And Faith Is A Conversation Stopper.

It Is Time We Admitted That We Are Not At War With “terrorism.” We Are At War With Islam.