Fanatical Atheism – a Growing Threat

1
(No Transcript)
2
Not too different from the fanatically religious,
history has shown that fanatical atheists can be
just as ruthless and inhumane.

• There is one major point of distinction between
  the two, however. The fanatically religious can
  be weakened by pointing to statements promoting
  peace in their own religious texts. But fanatical
  atheists cannot be pacified by pointing to
  anything. The science they believe in
  (atheistic evolution) implies no moral principle.
  Morality and ethics is optional. Its a personal
  choice. It means you can do wrong just dont
  get caught.

3

• Dont get me wrong. Im not a creationist and I
  dont reject evolution. My problem is with blind,
  atheistic evolution. Its deadly. Literally.
  Insidiously, atheistic evolution states there is
  no right or wrong. In the final analysis, its
  not important how decently you live your life.
  Its only important that your genes survive into
  the next generation. This is the bottom line of
  atheistic evolution. Fanatical atheists are so
  eager to embrace this fallacious doctrine, they
  cling to any scientific evidence that seems to
  support it.
• Today, fanatical atheists are bending backwards
  to subvert and distort all spiritual belief in an
  effort to poison younger minds.

4

• Let me be clear. Moderate atheists arent doing
  this, but fundamentalists are and their
  population is increasing. They passionately seek
  to influence what our children think and believe
  even when theyre not in school. Their ultimate
  aim is to turn them into atheistic parents who
  will teach their children the same. Its
  apparently a parasitic scheme to proliferate and
  perpetuate atheism across generations
  automatically through human hosts. Its the
  ultimate virus.
• Though this fanaticism is currently small, in
  this age of the internet, it seems to be
  spreading like a virus. This is how it becomes
  insidious. 2 become 4. 4 become 8. 8 become 16.
  Very soon, within a few generations, a small
  group of a thousand fundamentalists can become
  millions or even billions.

5

• Just a couple of decades after you and I are no
  longer around, much of this country indeed our
  world can have slipped into a godless,
  communist-like brutal regime.
• Am I exaggerating? Is it possible? Yes and many
  others believe so, too. The threat should not be
  taken lightly. Nobody dreamt what Stalins and
  Maos worlds would evolve into. They were not
  nightmares. They were reality. We cannot allow it
  to happen again.
• Most historians will agree that communism and
  most of its variants have been lethal for its
  people. Originally intended to be an elixir for
  all troubles, communism was the great leveler.
  All people would be equal. All would live under
  the same conditions. Corruption would be
  uprooted. All would be answerable to one power.
  Not God, but the government. An unchallenged,
  totalitarian, atheistic government.

6

• But Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts
  absolutely, observed the English historian Sir
  John Dalberg-Acton. There is perhaps no greater
  truth uttered by a man. The slippery slope of
  absolute power and atheism the unbridled belief
  in evolution as the determinate of humankinds
  past and future the survival of the fittest
  has horrendous consequences.
• Communist regimes around the world such as those
  of Stalin and Mao killed 100 million people. Did
  either of these leaders kill so many personally?
  No. They did it through their policies, military,
  police, and special groups. All these positions
  were populated or enforced by once law-abiding,
  benign individuals working hard to put food on
  the table and feed their families.

7

• What changed? Their worldview. Only fanatical
  atheism (and fundamentalist religion) can brew
  such brutality in otherwise decent people.
• Fanatical atheism is like a dry rot that slowly
  devalues the home it infests. It was a core value
  of the worlds worst political leaders. In modern
  history it fostered the death of countless
  innocent women, men, and children. This is what
  can happen again if we take fanatical atheism
  complacently.
• The threat of fanatical beliefs is real.

8

• Consider this though its basic intentions seem
  benign, communism is inherently totalitarian.
  Equality is the mantra. Diversity and plurality
  of political parties or personal beliefs are not
  allowed. Spirituality is subdued as superstitious
  and evil. Churches and other places of worship
  are commonly razed to the ground. Violence and
  executions are conducted for the greater good.
  Only atheistic, evolutionist, Marxist, Leninist,
  and Stalinist beliefs are considered rational and
  scientifically factual. All else is falsehood.
  Pre-1989 communist Russia is the trademark of
  such atheistic regimes. Indeed, during its high
  period students were forced to complete a
  mandatory course on dialectical materialism.
  Spirituality was considered for fools only and it
  was rarely spoken of.1
• Does history repeat itself? As you know, too
  often.

9

• Like fundamentalist religion, fanatical atheism
  is a very slippery slope. If left unchecked or
  unchallenged it could possibly resurrect its
  ugly head some time. The burgeoning number of
  movies and publications promoting such fanaticism
  in the name of free speech are like an infectious
  pus. Like fundamentalist religion, absolute
  atheism has a dark side. If it comes to power,
  even in small pockets of communities, it commonly
  uproots or subdues opposing individuals.
• Our environment can change very quickly. A few
  years is sufficient. All it takes is a
  fundamentalist to get elected or to stage a coup
  or revolution. Even democratic elections can put
  fundamentalists into power.

10

• Did you know that democratic governments such as
  of the US in the early 1900s enforced inhumane
  policies such as compulsory sterilization of
  people considered weak, mentally unstable,
  genetically deficient, or people who were simply
  deaf or blind? In fact, the US government was the
  very first in the world to begin this unthinkable
  cruelty. It was for the purpose of eugenics.
• If this can happen with a government that puts
  In God We Trust on its notes, just imagine what
  an atheistic government that printed In Marx /
  Lenin / Blind Evolution We Trust could do? In
  fact, you dont have to imagine. Just inspect the
  human rights records of Russia, China, and other
  communist countries in the not too distant past.

11

• Fanatical atheism robs people of sympathy,
  empathy, and respect for fellow humans. Only
  people with similar beliefs are held with
  respect. Fundamentalism robs them of their
  emotions and soul. They become heartless. Many
  simply cannot agree to disagree without trashing
  people personally. They feel insecure or
  threatened by anyone who believes otherwise. They
  respond with aggression. They dont even want you
  to respect both science and spirituality. They
  want to enter your mind and stamp out your
  spiritual beliefs all together.
• Because of their fanaticism these people can
  become so obnoxious, some even scorned Mother
  Teresa when she was awarded the Nobel Peace
  Prize. They claimed she had cock-eyed judgment.
  I think they should look in a mirror.

12

• If a group can be as vicious as this to a person
  as caring as Mother Teresa, imagine how they
  would treat other spiritual people if they
  actually came to power.
• These fanatics claim that faith is not a virtue,
  but an evil. They try to argue that it allows
  room for practices like suicide-bombing.
• The argument is disingenuous. If it was true,
  why dont we see suicide bombers proliferating in
  Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism
  amongst other religions? Look at the Japanese
  Kamikaze pilots in World War II. They flew their
  bomb-laden planes into US warships. Their planes
  were not designed to land or return to Japan.

13

• They were suicide missions. And those pilots
  werent fighting in the name of God, but in the
  name of their country. They were nationalists. In
  truth, then, suicide-bombing is not a product of
  religion per se, but of culture.
• The falsehoods about spirituality that fanatical
  atheists are promulgating need to be countered.
• One strong method is by educating people about
  the agreements between the worldviews of modern
  science and ancient spirituality. These new
  agreements are not a result of distortion. They
  have been published in reputed international,
  peer-reviewed, scientific journals and have been
  vetted by well-know astrophysicists. More people
  particularly children and youth should know
  about this.

14

• Finally, I emphasize again that most atheists
  are moderate and extremely nice people. Many are
  highly charitable. They are intellectually honest
  and open-minded individuals. Indeed, some of the
  people who have read my book GOD IS REAL The
  Stunning New Convergence of Science and
  Spirituality are atheists and have written 4-star
  reviews! That in itself speaks of their
  moderation. They are not belligerent towards the
  spiritual, just skeptical. I think thats normal.
• Almost everyone becomes an atheist or agnostic
  at one time in their lives. All it takes is an
  unanswered prayer or a tragedy out of the blue.
  Just ask your teenager after an incident like the
  Asian Tsunami or Batman movie theatre massacre
  whether s/he believes in God or whether God is
  good. A common response will be I dont know.

15

• Just as atheism and agnosticism are naturally
  arising worldviews, so are theism and faith.
• But fundamentalism is a scourge of which we
  should be wary. Free speech is one thing, sheer
  ignorance is another. Fanatical atheism and its
  latent threat can be resolved amicably through
  open-mindedness and exposure to the newly
  discovered facts of science and spirituality.

16
(No Transcript)