The Militant Atheist: Ther Fraud of Religion

The Fraud of Religion November 24, 2010

Harold J. Wolfe Metrowest Daily News

FRAMINGHAM -- Religion is the last refuge of a man with no answers and no arguments and to argue with such a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
The notion that you have a high school diploma in the year 2010 but you are so terrifyingly ignorant of science that you actually believe in big imaginary sky fairies is breathtaking but to be a member of the Framingham clergy and dedicating your entire life to big imaginary sky fairies is insanity. Imagine someone dedicating their lives to Daffy Duck or SpongeBob Square Pants.
Each member of the clergy believe in the following: God created man, life after death and a vast infrastructure of Heaven and Hell but not one has had any shred of proof of this across a staggering 2,500 years.
Framingham's clerical profession are fundamentally non-productive people who work tirelessly in misdirecting residents by suggesting we ignore the evidence we see before us, such as evolution. They are the true classic evolution deniers.
The carefully prepared weekly sermons by the Framingham clergy are chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy, promote non-intellectual crime, and commit fraud in general on a large scale.
Religion is not noticing that the invisible and the non-existent look very much alike. Religion is the art of sugar coating a turd and selling it to you as doughnut.
There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman.

Remarks result of trauma? November 28, 2010

Jeff Colten, Framingham Metrowest Daily News

There are scars that are visible, and others that are not. When we see someone who has visible evidence of trauma, we instinctively feel compassion, and maybe - if we are honest - a touch of revulsion at the thought that, but for the grace of God - that may be us. Scars that are not physically visible present more of a dilemma. Psychological scars left by emotional or mental trauma may be hidden by remoteness, rudeness, anger, or even hostility. But these hidden scars are just as real as the physical ones which automatically generate our sympathies and empathies - it is just harder to get past the barriers in order to recognize the sources.
As I read the letter in Wednesday's paper from Harold J. Wolfe, I was at first stunned at the venom being spewed at those of us who believe in God and are "religious." But as I read, I began to wonder what must have happened to this man to make him feel this way strongly enough to take the time to put his thoughts down on paper and send them to the editor of the local paper.
"Religion is the last refuge of a man with no answers and no arguments," he claims. Well, it's easy enough to look through history and point to great intellectuals - St. Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Albert Einstein - men of great thought, great spirituality, and plenty of arguments. It is true, as Mr. Wolfe claims that "the invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." The difference is that the non-existent does not affect lives. The invisible certainly does. I have never seen air, but I believe it exists because I see its effects on the world around me. I believe in God, not because I've been told to by a Sunday sermon, but because I see His effects on my life and those around me and in the world.
It would be very easy to dismiss Mr. Wolfe as an angry, bitter man who hates religion and everything that promotes belief in God. It's harder to read his words without wondering what so poisoned the well from which those thoughts were drawn.

The Fraud of Religion	November 24, 2010
Harold J. Wolfe	Metrowest Daily News
FRAMINGHAM -- Religion is the last refuge of a man with no answers and no arguments and to argue with such a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. The notion that you have a high school diploma in the year 2010 but you are so terrifyingly ignorant of science that you actually believe in big imaginary sky fairies is breathtaking but to be a member of the Framingham clergy and dedicating your entire life to big imaginary sky fairies is insanity. Imagine someone dedicating their lives to Daffy Duck or SpongeBob Square Pants. Each member of the clergy believe in the following: God created man, life after death and a vast infrastructure of Heaven and Hell but not one has had any shred of proof of this across a staggering 2,500 years. Framingham's clerical profession are fundamentally non-productive people who work tirelessly in misdirecting residents by suggesting we ignore the evidence we see before us, such as evolution. They are the true classic evolution deniers. The carefully prepared weekly sermons by the Framingham clergy are chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy, promote non-intellectual crime, and commit fraud in general on a large scale. Religion is not noticing that the invisible and the non-existent look very much alike. Religion is the art of sugar coating a turd and selling it to you as doughnut. There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman.
Remarks result of trauma?	November 28, 2010
Jeff Colten, Framingham	Metrowest Daily News
There are scars that are visible, and others that are not. When we see someone who has visible evidence of trauma, we instinctively feel compassion, and maybe - if we are honest - a touch of revulsion at the thought that, but for the grace of God - that may be us. Scars that are not physically visible present more of a dilemma. Psychological scars left by emotional or mental trauma may be hidden by remoteness, rudeness, anger, or even hostility. But these hidden scars are just as real as the physical ones which automatically generate our sympathies and empathies - it is just harder to get past the barriers in order to recognize the sources. As I read the letter in Wednesday's paper from Harold J. Wolfe, I was at first stunned at the venom being spewed at those of us who believe in God and are "religious." But as I read, I began to wonder what must have happened to this man to make him feel this way strongly enough to take the time to put his thoughts down on paper and send them to the editor of the local paper. "Religion is the last refuge of a man with no answers and no arguments," he claims. Well, it's easy enough to look through history and point to great intellectuals - St. Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Albert Einstein - men of great thought, great spirituality, and plenty of arguments. It is true, as Mr. Wolfe claims that "the invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." The difference is that the non-existent does not affect lives. The invisible certainly does. I have never seen air, but I believe it exists because I see its effects on the world around me. I believe in God, not because I've been told to by a Sunday sermon, but because I see His effects on my life and those around me and in the world. It would be very easy to dismiss Mr. Wolfe as an angry, bitter man who hates religion and everything that promotes belief in God. It's harder to read his words without wondering what so poisoned the well from which those thoughts were drawn.

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