The War on Faith, redux

A website from several years ago factored heavily in my initial religious writings.  It was a source of excellent research, wit, and a previously unknown to me vehemence of thought in defending my unpopular stance toward the religious views of the society in which I grew up.  Sadly, the site is no longer online, but the Archive from 2007 still exists.  Attempts to contact the original author of the site have also failed.

Thus, I wish to take up the mantle of the War on Faith site, to a small degree.  Here is the originalManifesto and Mission Statement from the site, which I believe sums up my efforts in the Religion section of my own website.  Enjoy!

Manifesto
"We did not get our freedom from the church. The great truth, that all men are by nature free, was never told on Sinai's barren crags, nor by the lonely shores of Galilee."
Robert Ingersoll

Mission Statement

The War On Faith is not intended to be a sword.  It is, instead, intended to be a shield.  The title of this site is a sarcastic jab at the Religious Right's favored babe, the so-called War On Drugs.

The purpose of this site is not to divide, harass, defame, nor insult any religion, group of religious people, or individual persons for their faith alone.  The purpose is simply to defend free thinking individuals from the constant, barbaric attacks upon logic, science, constitutionally guaranteed rights from those self-serving, mindless, inconsiderate dolts who, with their preferred "holy writ" in hand,  openly, publicly, and with evident impunity, besiege the non-religious with all the might and fervor they can muster.

It is not the religious person who is offensive, but the disgusting way in which religion can be used by some "Religious Leaders" to erase all compassion and consideration away from its followers.  It's not faith itself that is sickening, but the burden of being attacked by so many of the faithful for nothing more than being different from them.

The purpose of this site is not to change other people, but to be ever vigilant in resisting the obsession so many of "the faithful" have with attempting to change everyone else and force them under their favorite religion's yoke. There are millions of Americans out there who would love nothing more than the establishment of a theocracy in this country and they are organized, driven, and persistent in their efforts to accomplish that goal.

It is the position of The War On Faith that no person has the right to harass and assail another person solely because of their religious beliefs. or lack thereof.  What can be more offensive than espousing the belief that any person must conform to the whims and fancies of another's favored brand of religious dogma?  Any person who insults, degrades, and belittles people of different religious beliefs is open to sarcastic, caustic, and hostile reciprocation, and that is what The War On Faith just happens to excel at.  Defending the free-thinking mind against the unholy onslaught of so many religious zealots with all resources at hand is exactly what this site aims to accomplish.

If you are a religious person who believes in "Live and let live" then you are in no way targeted by this site.  "Live and let live" is our undying creed.  You may dance nekkid in your front yard with your face painted purple while praying to your shrubberies and you will hear no complaints from us.

However, you religious readers may just be shocked by how rude, condescending, intrusive, judgmental, abrasive and un-informed some of your fellow believers can be.  The War On Faith wishes you nothing but peace, but if you are the type of religious hypocrite who destroys other people's peace with open hostility and intolerance, then you will find no lack of desire, nor ability, in The War On Faith to vehemently repel you with extreme prejudice, malice and forethought in such a manner as to make the vengeance of the Old Testament God look like the work of a weak-willed, docile, passive pansy.

If you leave the heathens alone, then the heathens will leave you alone.  It's that simple.

To be blunt...

You want to pray over a sick child?   Cool, but do it AFTER you take them to the doctor for a fucking shot of anti-biotics, goddammit.

You want to advertise your ignorance and wear it like a gleaming badge of honor by running around trying to ban evolution textbooks from public schools?  Fine, but I will fight you every step of the way, using every resource at my disposal to expose your "Creation Science" as the delusion-induced, baseless, ridiculous horse shit it is.

You want to put religion back into the government so that God has his rightful place in the laws of the land and the institutions of government?    Good, move your lunatic ass to Iran, you crazy fuck.

"The Taliban and the Al-Qaida made it abundantly clear why the wall between church and state is so important.  As an atheist and a former Marine, I find it acutely offensive that after 9-11 people are actually capable of considering a defense of that wall as an unpatriotic act."
..........Christopher, Letter to the Editor, The Houston Chronicle, published July 4, 2002

...and, "Give unto Cesar what is Cesar's" means, Mr Pope type dude, after you and all the Holy Men pray for a pedophile priest, you turn that sick mother fucker over to the law for secular prosecution.  His heart may belong to Jesus, but his ass belongs to The State Of Texas.

The Secular Ten Commandments

Rule 1 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 2 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 3 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 4 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 5 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 6 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 7 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 8 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 9 - Do anything that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Rule 10 - When in doubt, refer to Rule 1.