A message from Anonymous in my inbox
From: Anonymous
To: Mikayla_Starstuff
Subject: why bother
Date: Tue, 2007-07-24 09:43if there is no god, why bother expending the time writing against the belief in god. it just seems like a waste of time. maybe it is just for fun and socializing with like minded people--i can see that if that is the reason. Not unlike some of my friends when I was in high school. on occassion we would muse on the existance of some higher power. others belief in god doesn't threaten me in the least, so I let them believe what they believe without having the need or occassion to bash or insult their beliefs. that seems to be the rational response--what are yopur thoughts?
I found this rather interesting that this person, who chose not to reveal him/herself, asked me what my thoughts are but then disabled responses...such hypocrisy! I imagine that probably most or all of us RSS atheists have gotten this message in our inboxes...it looks so 'cut and pasted.'
But I'll answer it anyway. I bother talking and writing and reading about god belief because I'm affected by it. For example, many people in my family are evangelical Christians, and probably the only reason they don't try to 'witness' to me anymore is because I can knock down their arguments. And the reason I know how to do this is by reading books by Atheists and discussing god-belief in places like RRS. Also, I was always fascinated with religion when I was a young believer and spent my free time reading Christian books and apologetics. Now that I'm an atheist I'm no less fascinated by religious belief--and I'm much, much, freer to think and speak my mind about it.
I also think there are good reasons to question people's belief in unseen, unprovable deities. There are several things perpetuated as a result of god-belief which need to be fought:
1. Hell (esp. when used as a threat against children)
2. Slander against Atheists
3. Intellegent Design
4. Slander against gays
.... There are many more, but those are the first that come to mind.
So, I guess that answers the question, whether 'Anonymous' cared to receive an answer or not 
-Mikel
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What is right??
I think it is unconsionable to let the ignorant masses be fooled by the bullshit that is spewed at them from the pulpit.
If I can save one person from talking to themselves and expecting something to happen because of it, I have done a good deed.
There was a time when I was
There was a time when I was a live and let live atheist. But now I could never go back to that. What was the turning point for you guys here on RRS? What turned you from a live-and-let-live atheist to a something-must-be-done atheist?
For me it was two very specific events, namely 9/11 followed by the 2004 re-selection of Bush. When America didn't learn its lesson and proved that the majority either a) were ignorant religious nuts or b) didn't care enough to vote, and c) control the largest and most dangerous military in the world, THAT'S when I said to myself that I'm not willing to gamble humanity's survival on the competence of this idiocracy. Up until 2004, I had 'faith' in the American people that they would stand up and do the right thing. That faith was shattered and it changed my perception of the world, religion, and politics.
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natural wrote: What turned
I live in Texas ... I know, I know... and a couple of years ago they had the "Ban Gay Marriage" vote. Of course they banned it, but I live in Austin which was the only county in the entire state that voted against the ban. As I looked at the map of Texas covered in blood red with this tiny little dot of blue I realized that these psychopaths were really affecting the world around them. I had always thought of religion as the fancy of weak minds and while this is true the reality is much more menacing.
Great blog btw, it's funny that the guy blocked responses.
Why I turned...
I have a neighbor who "trusts in the Lord" every month and spends all his money the first week of the month and then lives broke and foodless for the remainder.
I have another neighbor who got a personal loan for $10,000 USD to pay for school and get a car.
She paid one thousand for school and then trusted her delusion that god was telling her how to spend her money. She spent $1200 on a car.(the amount she agreed on with god) Then it needed $1400 worth of work to run.... Then she was almost broke. A sensor and the "brain" went out. That would be another $1400 to fix. Now she is broke, in debt for $18000, and owns a hunk of bolts that she can't even afford to tow home.