“A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals - solving our world's problems through rational discourse, rather than through religion and tradition - provides ample grounds for a purposive existence. It is not for nothing that the Enlightenment, when atheism truly began to take hold, was also known as the Age of Reason.” WorldReasonProblemAgePurposeGoalExistenceKnownAtheismEnlightenmentTraditionPursuitRationalErasMeritOur WorldDiscourseSubmissionDeitiesPremisesAge Of Reason Author:Jeffrey Tayler
“Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we should recall, forbids Congress both from establishing laws designating a state religion and from abridging freedom of speech. There is no reason why we should shy away from speaking freely about religion, no reason why it should be thought impolite to debate it, especially when, as so often happens, religious folk bring it up on their own and try to impose it on others.” ShouldTryingFirstsArtStatesReasonHappensLawReligiousSubjectsSpeechCongressFolksDebateRationalWeatherReason WhyShyNo ReasonReviewsAmendmentsRecallsFreedom Of SpeechFirst AmendmentAppraisal Author:Jeffrey Tayler
