I believe in Nature, the ultimate Reality, that there is no Heaven, just Earth.
I believe in the Rational Man, he himself, his own Lord.
He was conceived through the Process of Evolution and born of a Man and a Woman.
He suffered under Professors and Priests, was catechized, bribed, and was brainwashed.
He descended into Superstition. On the third day he reasoned again.
He ascended into Reality and is seated at the throne of his own Thinking.
He will reason again to judge the real from the fake.
I believe in the the Human Senses,
the Freethinkers without a church, the Community of Scientists,
the forgiveness of Science,
the re-education of Mankind,
and the Life that I’m living.
Amen.
(originally posted as Atheists’ Creed)
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I recall a similar creed created by Thomas Paine for Deists. It’s one I agree with
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“I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.
I believe the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
But, lest it should be supposed that I believe many other things in addition to these, I shall, in the progress of this work, declare the things I do not believe, and my reasons for not believing them.
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
I do not mean by this declaration to condemn those who believe otherwise; they have the same right to their belief as I have to mine. But it is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself.
Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.”
very shallow! i wouldn’t want to be part of this free-farters group!
It’s okay, Jesus loves you.
But I hear they’re a real gas to be with. What are you flatulating about?
quote: “I believe in the Rational Man, he himself, his own Lord”
This is exactly the motive of Lucifer, who used to be an angel, when he wanted to make himself equal with God.
Lucifer, the first free thinker.
what about man and other men? what is the rational man’s responsibility to other men?
This is strictly my personal opinion:
Seeing that other people are as sentient beings capable of rational thought as I am, I will treat them with the same respect and dignity I would expect myself to be treated with.
I like this!
I have a god, but I spell it N_A_T_U_R_E..
I rest my case.