Top 100 Reasons To Be an Atheist
by The Holy Freak Team- You chances of being sexually assaulted by a priest decrease astronomically.
- You don’t have to admit you believe in a talking snake.
- Hotels come with emergency toilet paper.
- You don’t have to worry about going to hell.
- You can think based on reason, not faith.
- “Why has God forsaken me?” becomes a lot easier to answer.
- You can still give and receive gifts during “the holidays”.
- You can tell women you are a badass atheist. Finally someone to piss off mommy and daddy!
- You can join the ranks of the top contemporary intellectuals.
- You can resist religious brainwashing (it does happen).
- You can please God. (Maybe he prefers those who think for themselves.)
- You can have a legitimate reason for not liking Muslims.
- Instead of going to church you can do some volunteer work and feel better about it too.
- Instead of going to church you can stay home and watch TV.
- You can masturbate guilt free. Yay! (Just not in public…sorry.)
- You can “cut the hair at the sides of your head” guilt free.
- You can “wear material woven of two kinds of material” guilt free.
- Your kids will never be disappointed when they find out Santa Claus isn’t real.
- Your kids will never be disappointed when they find out The Easter Bunny isn’t real.
- You won’t have to lie to your kids about Hellfire.
- You can use birth control… guilt free.
- You can disassociate yourself with the Spanish Inquisition, Islamic jihads, the Crusades, the Holocaust, Witch burnings, etc..
- Galileo said “I think the earth goes around the sun.” An the church said “Destroy him.” You could come over the Galileo side.
- You can lose the, “God makes me successful” crutch. Now you can be successful by your own merits.
- You can learn from your mistakes. Instead of “it’s God’s will.” You can say “I’ll try harder next time.”
- In the story of humanity, God is a weak plot device.
- You realize that believing something is real does not actually make it real.
- You can be a good person for the sake of virtue.
- You can emancipate yourself from the stone age.
- You can put more emphasis on the laws of men. (It’s the yardstick of society.)
- You can speak out against the sexism in the bible.
- You can leave your hat on when somebody performs “God Bless America.”
- You can eat whatever you want, whenever you want (without worrying about your soul, at least).
- You can drink on Sundays.
- You can understand why Christian Metal is just plain wrong.
- You know that when you win a fight it was all you.
- You can get married in a small office and it’s still a real marriage.
- You can be a part of a growing American movement (if you’re American).
- You can just pass the collection plate on down.
- Instead of donating for the building of a new church, you can donate to a new hospital or school.
- You can live based on reality, not dogma.
- Instead of clasping your hands and talking to the ceiling, you can do something productive.
- You will never be tricked into joining a cult.
- You can laugh at people who wear silly hats.
- You are already an atheist. You just have to go one God further.
- Your food stays hot when you don’t take time to pray.
- Nobody will constantly tell you you are a sinner and a bad person.
- You won’t have to worry about picking the wrong religion anymore.
- You can define spirituality on your own terms.
- The Popemobile
- Your love of country and family both move up a notch.
- When people ask you where you go when you die you can say, “in the ground.”
- Instead of being a god-fearing man you can become… fearless.
- You can kill embryonic cells instead of abortion doctors.
- You can judge people based on the content of their character, not the name of their God.
- If aliens ever show up, they won’t laugh at you.
- Sometimes a tortilla is just a tortilla.
- Believing in nothing instead of something invisible isn’t a big change.
- It’s better than being a theist.
- Bacon tastes good.
- Pork chops taste good.
- It’s like being in a secret club.
- You can be “that guy” that sues the government over every little mention of God.
- You’re just going through the motions with that whole church thing, anyway.
- Waaaaay less complicated.
- Waaaaay less guilt.
- Better role models.
- You think Divine inspiration is what you get after watching an old John Waters flick.
- You’re running out of children to split in half.
- Pascal’s Wager Today: You’re going to Hell anyway, you might as well not believe it exists.
- You can work on holidays and make cold hard cash.
- You can sleep late on Sundays.
- You can be 100% reasonable. Instead of 90% reasonable with 10% dedicated to religion.
- Blasphemy is pretty god-fucken-damn great ass fucken good shit hole face penis fuck.
- You can study all religions objectively and without bias.
- You don’t have to eat stale Jesus crackers anymore.
- You can stop telling people humans rode around on dinosaurs.
- You can rid your life of an egg laying bunny.
- Did I mention the bunny is male?
- You can save hundreds of dollars a year on Christmas light electricity bills.
- Burkas turn into bikinis.
- Gefilte fish turns into lobster.
- Because praying to God FIXED ALL MY PROBLEMS.
- Speaking in tongues becomes less spiritual and more entertaining.
- “Turning the other cheek” is just bad advice.
- You laugh when you see a “Fiction” sign at a Christian bookstore.
- What happens in Vegas doesn’t need to stay in Vegas.
- A Thanksgiving Day miracle is when the Detroit Lions cover the spread.
- No hell below us; above us only sky.
- When you use the bathroom, you’re alone.
- You don’t have to pretend you’re a virgin to get a divorce.
- Premarital sex
- Decorating the Festivus pole.
- Being good for goodness’s sake.
- How else are you going to be a godless commie?
- You can create your own religion (or two).
- You won’t be disappointed when you can’t find the 72 virgins.
- Telling people you are an atheist is a lot of fun.
- Nobody ever went to Hell for being an atheist.
- There is no God.
January 1st, 2009 at 12:01 AM | Category: Atheist Mind
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“Reign of terror”…
# 2 March 18, 2009 at 11:32 am
Mike Schau
Not too serious but I loved it
# 3 May 28, 2009 at 8:39 am











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I love the list!
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