God is Not Religion

I don't understand why Religions always try to prove the truthfulness of their beliefs by attempting to show that we were created by a god. Sure, there is really no way of proving that a more supreme being was or was not part of our existence. The thing is however, this argument has nothing to do with your religion. This does not prove heaven, hell, prayers, prophets, purgatory, rebirth, or for that matter, anything. I will admit that their is a chance that a higher being created us, but if one did, we know NOTHING about it. We don't know it's reasons, it's form, or what appeases it. If it exists, it is beyond our past, present, and possibly our future comprehension. So wasting your time trying to please a being that either doesn't exist or is too complex for us to understand its existence is utterly pointless. Maybe one day the unanswered questions will reveal to us the knowledge we've been searching for. Till then, we minus well just live our lives.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

It is now time for me to review the large handbook of the religion that I was formerly a major believer in. Catholicism. This well known system of beliefs is recorded in the 700+ page giant, The Catechism of the Catholic Church (or as I like to refer to it, how to brainwash millions into believing complete and utter BULLSHIT). This gigantic instruction manual, which is not what most call a page turner, tells believers how they must live their lives in order to find happiness in the afterlife. The biggest rule in this book is that in order to find God, you must be obediant to.....The Church. Yes, the same building that has done marvels in Crusades, executions, and collecting vast sources of wealth, only to settle down into the field of child molestation is apparently the greatest man made institution in the world. In order to follow The Church, you must follow its sacred rituals and believe everything that it says (in less than a page, this is already sounding like a big freaking cult). After being indoctrinated through a series of Christian rituals like baptism (without it you cannot go to heaven), communion (everyone must eat Jesus to recieve his love), and confirmation (having an old man put oil on your head is very important),  you have the splendid choice between holy orders (which mean a fantastic life of chastity, and no, masturbation is not living chastely) or marriage. Marriage can only be done through The Church (outside of it, it is considered a sinful abominations and will prevent you from recieving penance, another neccesitty for pleasing the divine taskmaster). You are only allowed to get married once, and it is the only way you can have sex without sin. But before commiting "the deed", you must be informed that the main reason of this action is to procreate, so contracpetives (which are a sin almost equal to murder) are out of the question. In other words, your marraige is either without sex or with 15 children, and when you or your spouse begin to fight over how stupid these rules are, be informed that since you can't break up, you will be in a perpetual state of bitterness till someone dies. Abortion, if you you were wondering, is a sin so severe, doing it will result in your excommuniacation. Catholics are very pro life with fetus', yet if it grows up and breaks the law, The Church is not against the death penalty. So when you finnally snap and kill your spouse, don't think The Church will hesitate to return the favor (However, if you lived a life of faithfull servitude and are dying of a major disease, The Church will do everything in it's power to prevent you from euthanasia). Speaking of children, if you get married in a Catholic church, you are forced to raise the kids Catholic. The church says we should do the best to shove the good book as far down the throats of others as we possibly can. What if you are however not interested in the other sex. The Church says that you are still special in god's eyes, and shall be prayed for.......while you are living a life of chastity and holy works (you are basically born into the position of a priest or nun). The last major importance in living a life of piety is charity. You must help others around you, but don't forget to shove your beliefs at them (I was informed by my priest during a sermon not to live the life of a Secular Humanist, who helps people, but a Evangelist, who spreads the Gospel). If you follow every one of these rules for the rest of your life while praying constantly (and showing up at mass every sunday, and holy day of obligation), you will have a chance of going to heaven, where you will be god's servant.........for the rest of eternity. Basically, you live a miserable and pathetic existence, pretending to be happy while in constant hope of the afterlife. That's why Catholic's and other groups are so "sure" of the Afterlife. If it they waiver in faith of it, they must admit that they have wasted their happiness on a pipe dream. Review- Catechism of the Catholic Church- Rating 1/10 Miserable and Pathetic.

The Satanic Bible

The Satanic Bible is the official (un)holy book of LaVeyan Satanism (which is free online in PDF format). Of those of you unfamiliar with this form of satanism, let me inform you that it isn't exactly what most people have in mind. LaVeyan Satanist's don't believe in god or the devil. They are not really "satan worshippers" but fans of lucifer, kind of in the same way that Christian Atheist follow the philosophy of Jesus, yet don't believe he was the son of god. To understand the philosophy of Satanism, you must take every dogma in the Christian realm and imagine it's exact opposite. It's core principles are as follow

1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence
2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams
3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit
4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates
5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek
6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires
7. Satan represents man as just another animal (sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all fours), who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all.
8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification
9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years

Oh, and they practice black magic (which they use as means for power and revenge), making these individuals very "superstitious skeptics" (if there was ever a contradiction in terms). These people pretty much follow a philosophy of blasphemy and are the image the average fundamentalist gets when you bring up atheism. While some minor parts of their philosophy like lack of repression from dogma and being skeptical in religous matters can be slightly possitive, the dogma as a whole sounds like it was written by a rebellious chld who thinks that if one path in life didn't work, doing a full 180 will make things perfect. Really, all this "religion" does is make you act like an asshole while creating a really degrading stereotype for the rest of us non-believers. It furthers the belief that you need religion for an ethical and moral lifestyle, and without it, you'll end up like.......this. Rating- The Satanic Bible- 1.666/10 Blasphemously Annoying.