Atheism Information

Why is there so much misinformation about atheism? Because there are powerful religions that don't like the idea that there are people who don't believe in their doctrines and who can't be controlled by them. Religions are set up to control their followers and tell them what to believe. It's been going on like that since religions were developed. You have to believe in the religions teachings and god or gods or something bad will happen. Atheists don't believe in all of that. They believe there are no gods. So, naturally religious people or people who have a vested interested in a particular religion, especially people who make money from it, are threatened by someone who might topple their house of cards. There's a lot of misinformation about atheists and atheism because there are powerful people and organizations who stand to lose. That's all there is to it.

Religious people are afraid of atheists because atheists don't follow their program. Imagine having lived your whole life being indoctrinated with ideas related to following a religion and then having someone challenge the very core of who you think you are. It's probably really scary. When we ask religious people questions, even simple ones, we often get a visceral, angry reaction that comes from fear. Many religious people have been taught to be wary of outsiders or non-chosen people, to the point that they don't know how to relate to anyone outside their own group. This is a sad state of affairs because we're all people sharing the same planet, regardless of our beliefs or lack thereof. Why would any religion tell its followers to be suspicious of outsiders? As atheists, we're all too familiar with being viewed as strange, untrustworthy, immoral, amoral, heathen people. Religions do this because they have a lot to lose if their followers don't believe their...