Can I say this enough? 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. 'Tis the season to celebrate reason. Falalala lala la la.
Reason not superstition. Ethics not dogma. Respect not worship. Courage not fear. Fact not myth. Morality not religion. Clarity not delusion. Good not god. Skeptic not cynic. Rationality not ideology.
Human solidarity is the reason to be nice to each other. We are all members of the same species. In contrast, most major religions claim the only true solidarity between humans is that you must join their exclusive religious club and subscribe to their tenets, dogmas or teachings. You are in their club or out. Out! What a horrible and fool proof way to divide people.
What major religions, in their religious texts, make the claim that, "We are all in this together" or "We all share the same humanity" or "We affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person" whether you are a believer or not? None that I know of. You have to join their club to be "Okay".
When you reject all religious dogmas (or teachings), what happens? To be human, you don't have to join any club. You ARE part of the club simply by being born.
When we reject the teachings of all religious teachings, we can easily say, "We are all in this together" and "We all share the same humanity" and "We affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person".
It truly is the season to celebrate reason.
(Found "Reason, not superstition" paragraph from: http://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/SubrataBanik)
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