The Atheist Commando

If you are SO convinced that God exists, and that God is all powerful, and that God performs miracles, and that God answers your prayers, try this challenge. Take a feather and seal it into an airtight glass jar. Now, compose a prayer, asking God to prove to you they exist, by lifting that feather ONE CENTIMETRE off the bottom of the jar and holding it there for ten seconds while you film it on your phone. What do you think will happen? Let me tell you.   That feather will not move. You can pray however you want. You can pray hard, or you can pray soft. You can pray aloud, or you can pray silently. But no matter how you pray. That feather will not move. You can pray for a second, a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, or even for a year, and. That feather will not move. If you don’t think you are praying correctly, ask the worship leader of your religion (Priest, Rabbi, Imam etc) to pray with you and guess what? That feather will not move. You can also ask the ent

Fear is the basic building block with which all religions that have been invented by man are constructed with. And make no mistake, ALL religions have been constructed by men - except those constructed by women of course. But I don't know of any that have been constructed by women. If you are aware of them, do let me know.  Fear "Believe this, or you will have a terrible life" Fear "Believe this, or  after you die, you will rot in hell for all eternity"  And as soon as they can get away with it (and every religion will say this), "believe this or we will KILL you".  Without that fear no religion would ever exist. And that fear is the same whether today, you are a Jew Christian, Muslim or follow any other of the 1000's of religions in existence today. Remember too that there are dozens of religions that come in and out of existence every year, all pushing the same message of fear.  And that fear followers feel now is no doubt the same fear felt by f

  Death was not good to my mother.  Shortly before she died, surrounded by myself and my siblings, I heard a distinctive male voice say, 'Come on dear'. The voice spoke unmistakably in the accent of my father's hometown. So naturally, I assumed - for I believed in such things at the time - that he had come to take her to the 'other side'.  Though none of my siblings reported hearing the voice, I was comforted by hearing it, as seconds later she slipped away. At last, I thought, she would be reunited with my father who had died 22 years before, just four years into their marriage.  She had never really recovered from that blow. And looking at old pictures of them, I can see why. Mother was a classical beauty, who would not have looked out of place on a film set. My father also had film star looks. Think Rock Hudson meets Cary Grant when both were in their prime to get an idea of his features. Back that up with wartime service in British Special Forces and you will se

Like everyone else who aspires to call themselves human beings, I have been horrified by recent events in the Middle East. And I cannot say on this forum, where anyone who says the Middle East disputes are NOT about religion are talking from, but it is definitely not out of their mouths. The troubles in the Middle East are 120% about one religion trying to destroy another, nothing more and nothing less. You only need to listen to recordings the terrorists – for terrorists is what they are - shouted as they made their invasion to know that.   That such vile acts can still be committed in religions name in the 21 st Century, clearly tells me that we must now privatise religion. It is time to bring to an end ‘the advancement of religion’ as a cause for which one can claim charitable status. We also need to stop giving religions privileges like, lower VAT rates on building works, council tax exemptions, business rate waivers, and above all, automatic seats in Parliament. Britain i

Of all the activities a human being can partake in, nothing is more pointless than the pursuit of a religion.  Think about this.  Religion 1 tells you that it is ESSENTIAL for your (so-called) 'salvation' that you adopt set of Beliefs 'A, and that you must engage in set of Practices 'B', and take part in a regular basis in set of Ceremonies 'C'.   Religion 2 says 'Hang on! You've got that all wrong. It's Beliefs, Practices and Ceremonies 'D', 'E' and 'F' you need matey. And if you don't follow those three things, well! I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when you get to the pearly gates, that's all I'm saying'.  But then, along comes Religion's 3, 4, 5 and so on. Each one of them tells you THEY'VE got it right and all the others have it got it TOTALLY wrong.'Nah, mate' they'll say. 'Seriously, you don't wanna be believing that old tut'! Oh, my days!  So, what then? How

As Tony Hancock might have said 'I've had a dose of just about every God going!'.  In my case that is very true.  Born into a Catholic family, I went to a Catholic primary school, an Anglican secondary school and in between primary and secondary school, I was in a care home run by a couple of very fervent United Reform Church Christians. I have worked in synagogues, trained as a Spiritualist Medium and many years I attended a Unitarian Church run by an atheist minister. I am also an ordained Minister (in the Universal Life Church) and hold a degree in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method from one of the toughest philosophy departments in the world. And these days, I am a keen member of the National Secular Society.  But when I look around where I live, and I see lots of utterly miserable people, who all have one thing in common. They are all religious. As well as being miserable, they are also very angry. Despite this many feel the need to continue to ensnare more believ