Atheists Are Scary!!!

Yes. We are scary.  At least that's what so many religious individuals think in today's society.  We see evidence of this fear manifest in the world of politics, entertainment, and education.  I saw a poll of sorts the other day referencing some of the most positive and negative traits a presidential candidate could have and guess what was listed as the most negative? Yep non-belief.  This should come as no surprise though because the level of ignorance we seem to see everyday is astounding. 

I can hear the religious-right as we speak... "We can't have somebody run our country who doesn't love god, Jesus, guns, and....Jesus"!

It hurts my grey matter to think that lacking belief could be the most negative trait a presidential candidate could have.  Usually, although not always, having a lack of belief brings with it logic, and reason, and critical thinking skills that are applied to all aspects of life.  I don't know about you but I would damn sure want somebody running this country who had those characteristics.

The world of entertainment is no better at the moment. We have seen a flood (pun intended) of religious movies and television shows this year.  I can't even list them all because I would probably miss some.  Most can be found with a simple Google search.  I can't remember a time when so many religious themed programs have been released in such a short period of time.  This, to me, shows that religion is losing its grip on society and is a manifestation of religion's last ditch effort to keep people from leaving their beliefs.

State education systems seem to be just as afraid of non-belief.  There has been a big push to "put the bible back in school" across the country.  The loudest screams of this nonsense seem to come from many of the southern states but it's everywhere.  It turns my stomach when I see an elected official stand in front of a group of people and say phrases like that.  Its a slap in the face to the validity of the public education system.  There is no room in the public school system of any state for myth. Zero.

So let them be afraid.  They should be.  Not afraid of us as people because generally non-believers seem to be rather decent individuals but because we have a voice that's getting louder and we are cemented in our stance that in order for we as a society to move forward the myth needs to be left behind.

-Zombie