A mass layoff is occurring where I work. I am one of those unfortunates that have been deemed expendable. An older man who appears near retirement is duly worried about the future. The future he is worried about has nothing to do with the reality facing us. He walks around with ashen face, almost zombie…

Blind faith is the act of accepting something without proof or evidence. To accept the scripture of the Bible one must utilize blind faith. Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. Acting on blind faith, is acting without knowledge. Blind faith is ignorance. To accept the scripture of the Bible one must utilize ignorance.

The truth is that there are no gods, all religions are fabrications by individuals or groups seeking to control or reform society into their own held ideals. Violence and disruption occurs when other individuals or groups reject what these religions purport as truth. Though Islam is currently the biggest disrupter of human tranquility all religions…

On the one hand you have a culture which espouses freedom. Perhaps not every member would allow such freedom if given an opportunity to limit it. Nevertheless, the freedoms are available by law. On the other hand you have an  archaic culture, steeped in religious dogma, and ruled by force. The archaic culture, by it’s…

And so it turns out, religion was fabricated to provide meaning, however artificial, to empty pointless lives. The meaning of existence, unfathomable, was conceived by mankind, to provide a basis for continued existence. A purpose was invented, and a final goal. People were simply unable to accept that existence was the product of a rare…

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There are people who live in a dream world. Never mind that that world does not exist, never mind that it might be the best of all possible realities. They dream that everyone is ruled by reason and mean no harm to anyone. They imagine that all people can be reasoned with and peace never…

  Despite the position held by some milksops, negotiating with Muslims is useless. Unless you agree to all their terms there is no negotiation. So… what do you do with someone who wants your capitulation or death. Milksops capitulate or die. It has never been my habit to pull out a prayer rug to pray…

  Islam portrays itself as a ‘peaceful’ religion. However, it is the same peace promised by many different factions. Hitler promised peace. His plan was to have world peace once the world was his and the voices of all opposition had been silenced. Silenced meant elimination. All religions, including Christian, are not tolerant of any…