Atheism

I don’t think there’s any way to reach devoutly religious but telling them the thing they hold sacred, the thing that ties together their family and community, is nothing more than a mass delusion. You can’t tell them that religion is an opinion because to them, god is above all.

The only way I can imagine is by providing a viable alternative. Many religious people think atheists are incapable of morality. Lost without god, poor unfortunate souls. It might help if atheists were more open and vocal. But that’s just the problem - nobody is preaching about nothing. Nobody is preaching about just being a good person for no reason other than you want to. Atheists and non-religious should easily have a majority in many places but actually have almost no representation in government.

I got this Scientology recruitment pamphlet in the mail. Most of the precepts make sense to me, except 9 (don’t break the law), and 18 (respect others religions). But I think the religious are more likely to change religions than walk away from it entirely.

Anyway I’ve never received an atheist pamphlet. It doesn’t really need recruitment because it’s self-evident. Imagine going door to door trying to sell nothing. Not just nothing but try to tell people not to buy anything from anybody else. Kind of a hard sell.