The Atheist Commando

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...