Rampant Atheist Evangilism is Everywhere these days

Sounds kinda weird. Doesn't it. Yet, there is a concerted movement to evangelize on behalf of atheists. WHY? I will explain. First so you understand, according to them, if you are a Christian you are misled. Never fear, there is a woman who will save you. She is a Psychologist. Convinced that all the ills in the world would be solved if she were to wipe out the Love of Jesus by Christians. So she enters into full on Atheist Evangelism.

Here is her 7 step program to get you off that drug - Jesus:

1. Get Real.
Be honest with yourself about whether your religion is working for you. Let go of trying to force it to make sense. Have a look at life and the world AS IT IS, and stop trying to live in a parallel universe. This world might not be perfect but facing reality will help you get your life on track. If you feel guilty, realize that the religion teaches you to feel responsible when it isn’t working and tells you to go back and try harder, just like an abusive relationship.

2. Get a Grip.
Don’t panic. The fear you feel is part of the indoctrination. All those messages about what will happen to you if you leave the religion are a self-serving part of the religion. If you calm down, you’ll be just fine. Many people have been through this.

3. Get Informed.
Do everything you can to educate yourself. You are free to read and expose yourself to all the knowledge in the world – history, philosophy, other religions, mythology, anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, and more. In particular, read about how the Bible was put together and church history. Read authors who have explained why they deconverted. Many websites have deconversion stories and helpful reading lists.

4. Get Help.
Find support in any way you can. Explore online forums to discuss issues with others leaving their religion. Join a supportive group in your area. If necessary, find a therapist who understands or go to a recovery retreat. Do the work to heal the wounds of religious abuse.

5. Get a Life.
Rebuild your life around new values and engage fully with your choices. Develop your identity as you learn to love and trust yourself. Take responsibility and create the life that works for you – in work, family, leisure, social – all the areas of commitment that make a life structure. If you still want a spiritual life, define it for yourself. Venture into the “world” for new experiences and new friends. This will take time but you can do it.

6. Get With the Program.
Welcome to the human race. Accept the idea that Earth is your home and humanity is your true family. If you aren't part of a special group that is leaving, consider what that means for you. You may want to participating in larger concerns to make the world a better place, such as caring for the environment or working for social justice. Let go of expecting God to take care of all the problems. You can begin with knowing your neighbors.

7. Get Your Groove On.
Reclaim enjoyment of sensation and pleasure as you relax with the idea of being an animal like all the others on Earth. Learn to be present here and now. Discover all the ways to appreciate nature. Enjoy and love other people instead of judging. Reclaim your creativity and express yourself any way you like, not just to “glorify God.” Love your body and take care of it. Embrace this life instead of worrying about the next. Sing and dance and laugh for no reason except Being Alive.


Marlene Winell, Ph.D., is a psychologist who works in religious recovery, and the author of Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion. Information about counseling services and weekend retreats can be found at marlenewinell.net

I'm sure you will all be signing up.

I have puzzled about this. This is NOT a republican or democrat issue. Not left or right. Not liberal or conservative. There is a huge conservative atheist movement.

Just the other day one of the spokesmen for the movement said the following: "No creationist will or can be elected President of the USA". That belief in a creator God and his creation as opposed to evolution would automatically preclude any potential President from election.

No avowedly creationist Republican candidate will be elected President of the United States. Not. Gonna. Happen. And if that creationist Republican candidate is far superior with respect to governing philosophy and executive experience and skills, as he or she may well be, it will be so much the worse for the country. Sorry Bobby, Tim & Mark. Republicans: Do NOT try this electoral experiment. Please!

I guess that would preclude Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and perhaps if my guess is right, Barack Obama. Why the objection, why the rabid atheism, why the intense atheist evangelism. I asked my close personal friends why atheist evangelism at the level it exists even finds a voice? Actually these are compiled comments, but they are good.

Here are their conclusions:

• It must be very freeing to meander through life with the knowledge that you are basically the same as a shrub, a clam or a squirrel.
• With no God, there is no devil -- ergo, there is no wrong. Do what you want when you want to whomever you want. That becomes situational ethics which is a corrupt, immoral lifestyle.
• Atheists spend a lot of time thinking about the motives for belief. Why do religious people believe these ridiculous things? When you turn the tables on atheists and ask them why they don't believe, they will answer, "Because we don't have enough evidence. We don't believe because there's no proof." But if you think about it, this is an inadequate explanation, because if you truly believe that there is no proof for God, then you're not going to bother with the matter. You're just going to live your life as if God isn't there.
  
• ......If you really look at the motivations of contemporary atheists, you'll find that they don't even really reject Christian theology. It's not as if the atheist objects to the resurrection or the parting of the sea; rather, it is Christian morality to which atheists object, particularly Christian moral prohibitions in the area of sex. The atheist looks at all of Christianity's "thou shalt nots"—homosexuality is bad; divorce is bad; adultery is bad; premarital sex is bad—and then looks at his own life and says, "If these things are really bad, then I'm a bad guy. But I'm not a bad guy; I'm a great guy. I must thus reinterpret or (preferably) abolish all of these accusatory teachings that are putting me in a bad light."
• I have never understood why atheists are so obsessed with God. Bill Maher mentions God more often than practicing Christians do during public events.
• I first noticed this when I used to post on "Yahoo Answers" in the category of "religion and spirituality". I was shocked to find that 50% of the participants in that sub-category were atheists. The atheists were constantly mocking, discrediting and insulting people of faith. Also, I have been insulted and then banned from a liberal web-site because I posted about creation.
• I never understood why people who don't believe in God, spend so much time and energy discussing God. Why are they so emotional invested in trying to prove that there is no higher meaning to life and that God does not exist?
• Methinks they doth protest too much.
• It's because they are angry at God. They are so angry that they attempt to hurt God and destroy whatever He is involved in.
• When you think about it, people don't act that way towards things that aren't real. How many organizations are out there to prove that the tooth fairy doesn't exist?
• Why are atheists so emotionally invested in the issue of God? Because they have unresolved issues with their father. Daddy stuff is very personal. And when you're so angry with your father that you take the issue cosmic, you're looking at a defiant and unstable personality. A personality so disturbed that a battle rages on most everywhere, most all the time.

What makes it more interesting is this post from Ace of Spades. You will want to read this whole thing.

The more I see of Atheist Evangelism, the more desperate they seem. Not knowing God eventually must lead to emotional imbalance in my opinion.

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