By CA - January 9, 2014
Recent poll from The Guardian discovered
that 71 % of its UK-based readers think atheism is winning the war against
religion. It comes as no surprise from the country that established itself as
one of world leaders in atheism. The poll followed the words of
Richard Dawkins who stated that he feels that "We are all
moving away from religion." Numerous "dislikes" and only an occasional "like" on any youtube clip defending Christianity indicates that young people
had chosen the worldview that is pushing aside religion. One of crucial battles that atheism is
winning relates to its success in destroying the reputation of the
Christian God. On earlier occasion, Dawkins stated that
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| Richard Dawkins, a champion of atheism |
"The God of the Old
Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and
proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive,
bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal,
genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic,
capriciously malevolent bully."
Atheism,
of course, goes further in declaring that God never existed. By removing the
divine component from religious scriptures and institutions, atheism shifts the
blame for religious atrocities from God to people of religion. If that
statement is true, we can conclude that what
stood behind the design of religion was mere human imagination, inside of religious minds. If
we do injustice to Richard Dawkins and adjust his statement, it could read:
"Human
imagination, showing herself through religion, was jealous and proud of it; a
petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic
cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal,
filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously
malevolent bully."
In
time of its invention, Christianity demonstrated an advanced level of human
rights, compared to its contemporaries. As the following centuries
indicated, Christianity struggled to maintain its lead, and with time, found
itself lagging behind. It seems that it
did not evolve rapid enough to stay superior among our generation.
Religious
agenda is on the verge of being replaced by another. But the blame for its
crimes of past cannot be placed upon God that does not exist; it should be
placed on people which have used this agenda to express the character of "vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser."
Atheistic
minds like Christopher Hitchens believed that "Religion poisons everything." But the question remains to be
answered: Have
people changed, or will they just find a way to use the new agenda like they
did with the old one?
