Thread: 100 good things about Atheism.

3. It rolls off the tongue.

4. It offers you freedom from damnation.

5. No beheadings out of religious conviction...

6. Pressures religion to adapt, preventing cultural stagnation

7. Provides community and group identity to those who can't accept their family or community's ways

8. Keeps the interwebs lively

9. Promotes a positive look at humanity instead of negative. (most of the time)

10. Encourages thinking for oneself

11. Encourages education in the sciences

12. Saves countless hours otherwise spent sitting in a pew.

13. it makes sense
14. doesnt need faith

15. Means you are allowed to laugh at South Park and Sarah Silverman

16. People who are shunned by the church (like gays) are accepted.

17. Morals are based on human consciousness and philosophy and discussion rather than dogmatic laws from ancient, completely outdated societies.

18. Free to use the lord's name in vain when striking one's own thumb with hammer

19. Being a proud member of the least trusted minority group in America.

Originally Posted by skysaw

19. Being a proud member of the least trusted minority group in America.

That`s the funniest thing I`ve read in a while...

Uhm... 20) Allows humanity to focus on more important issues, like race and gender.

21. Being a proud member of the group most likely to stay out of prison.

22. helps religious people understand themselves

23. Always geared toward progress.

24. Allows people to see that the universe is much bigger and much more amazing than religious texts would have us believe.

25: Defunct of any morality, so we can do what we want.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

23. Always geared toward progress.

Not to start a debate, but I disagree with that one.

[Edit]

Originally Posted by psychology student

25: Defunct of any morality, so we can do what we want.

And that one.[/Edit]

26. Helps expose the inconsistencies within organized religion.

27. Is the default theistic stance for everyone.
28. Is carved from both scientific evidence, logical reasoning and personal thought and experience.
29. Birthed the idea of the flying spaghetti monster and Russell's Teapot.

30) Expressly denies any justification for the existence of suffering

31. Can vote for politicians based on actual politics.

Originally Posted by psychology student

25: Defunct of any morality, so we can do what we want.

Aw, he took mine. Fine.

32. Allows one to develop healthy ways of coping with death instead of pretending one's dearly departed isn't really dead and actually went to live forever in happy land where you will one day rejoin them to be happy together forever.

damn it my 33 is going to mess up 25.. sorry guys..

33. Having a good moral code because one is a kind and caring person at heart rather then just obeying rules because of a fear of Ultimate punishment.