"I’m an atheist.

"They are guided by love, community, meaning, and a desire to do good. Over the past year, I have come to appreciate how many religious and spiritual people share many, if not most, of my core values and hopes for a better world."

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"The greatest threats to humanity are not ordinary people who believe in God or Buddha, or who follow Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, or any other deeply human tradition, or even those who believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster or nothing at all, like me."

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"The real danger comes from extremist movements and ideologies that weaponize belief, particularly ethnonationalist and theocratic ideologies that twist and pervert faith beyond recognition in their selfish pursuit of power.

In the United States, white Christian nationalism is one such movement."

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"If we can agree that every human being deserves safety without condition, education without debt, healthcare as a free and universal human right irrespective of where you live, the freedom to exist as one’s true self, and a fair shot at a meaningful and fulfilling life, then the world most of us dream about, the one we want our children to inherit, can be built—" (continued in /6)

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"by people of different beliefs choosing cooperation over division, principle over dogma, and humanity over ego. That is something worth committing to, and I am fully committed to it."

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@wdlindsy William, man in the most dangerous and immoral beast on earth. Everyone is born an atheist, without exception, and taught morality by family and then friends and then experiences.

All religions are bastardized and misinterpreted accounting for their differences. Take the Bible for instance, 450 different versions in English alone and each treating the same subject differently.

Then we have the human leaders, the Pastors, Priests, Cardinals etc. who not only see things differently but promote different moral principles. I point to Cardinal Dolan and Rev Franklin Graham, both Christian leaders who enthusiastically support a man who is openly immoral and daily violates every principle of Christianity.

I respect and honor morality and common sense ... and despise those who look to religion for guidance for it is corrupt!

@Waldorf Thanks for sharing your opinion. For my part, I hear Oliver Kornetzke making very good sense, speaking as an atheist who has no time for religion but who recognizes the importance of acknowledging the good some people do because of their religious conviction, and the stupidity of refusing to make common cause with them as wel seek to build a better world together, because they act out of religious conviction. Stupidity combined with arrogance: a lethal combination.

@wdlindsy

William Lindsey wrote:

... an atheist who has no time for religion but who recognizes the importance of acknowledging the good some people do because of their religious conviction ...

I disagree that people do good due to religious convictions. It would be more accurate to say people do good despite religious convictions in my opinion. As people are not good or bad based on their religious or spiritual belief but rather because they are good or bad. A good person is going to be just as good whether they are a theist or atheist. Their belief does not change this at all. I further suggest that if one does something to appease a demand of their belief in a deity and that it is not a built in trait, then they are not good at all. As this would suggest that they would not do it if it was not to appease their deity.

I welcome your thoughts on this reflection. Thank you for sharing a sensible topic.