Leo in some Catholic circles the news that the Association 'Atheists in Fight' has called an atheist procession through the streets of Madrid, opposed to traditional religious processions. The aim of this incident, according to statements by the spokespersons ' ruthlessly hurt the Catholics ' with a 'offense component specific to the call and inevitable. " The 'procession' commemorate the burning of churches and convents and sacrilegious images display names or titles that some Catholic newspapers have reproduced faithfully. (Forgive that as I still have some good taste, not transcribe: suffice it to say that they are blasphemous, evil and spreads itself without any help).
I leave aside the seriousness of the act, with the specific intent publicly declared and recognized to insult, "that the occurrence of the 'procession', lawyers and judges must assess," and the presumption of common sense Government Delegation in Madrid, I have no doubt that will not allow Verbal violence and ideological, can cause riots in streets crowded with many elderly and children.
I want to break a lance in favor of the atheists. I feel violent and angry every time I read or hear that the act of yore will be a procession 'atheist'. By no means think so. First, because atheism is a philosophical position that denies the existence of God. Simply that. It does not have anything to do with riots, intolerance and acts of bestiality as you can see, if God and the Government Office not en Madrid prevent this Holy Thursday. I know and try to atheists, and agnostics, and they are normal people, respectful, civic ... no more no less. Like any well-Person, with minimal human base, believer or not. True believers must-have, myself included, special encouragement to have a civic and ethical conduct, and God's own mandate, which requires not only have a civil and respectful behavior to all, but love your enemies. But I know people do not believer who has a very ethical and civic life superior, at least to mine. I consider them a prophetic voice that warns me: 'If they do not know why you do not, you say know? " Moreover, I know there are people atheist who, deep down, I believe and that perhaps can not, for a thousand reasons (only God knows the heart). I ask God to grant me at least have the faith of desire they have. It is much stronger faith than we have some.
For centuries, philosophy and reason discussed the question of God with the power of thought and have never reached a conclusive settlement. Both atheism and theism are perfectly arguable from the perspective of reason (although it is true that the reason it seems that tends to lean towards the belief as he runs into the strength of being and begin to wonder what their purpose, then infer the existence of an orderly and starts becoming toil by its nature and origin), and perhaps the philosophy is more concerned with what is God if there discussing. Could not be otherwise, because faith is not something that is 'win' for an exercise of reason, although this can tilt to it.
The problem that is happening today, especially among the younger generations, who long ago has left the path of atheism based on drawing rational (and therefore respectful). More enclosures discussions about atheism, including literary and academic, and not guided by intellectual reason but because of what some call the hedonistic reason, the result of the suppression of rational thought in the West (cornered even in universities) by sentimental, self-centered individualism (that raw feeling and the pleasure of the reason) and utilitarianism, in which it has educated and are educating young people in Western societies. The deduction is not as if belief in God is rational or not, but whether I am satisfied or restrict me that belief. If I feel that belief in God's going to mean requirements and commitments that go against what I understand it gives me satisfaction (even more immediate and blood) is rejected. By contrasting the belief in God to the simple satisfaction of a visceral instincts, is perceived as an aggression and imposition. This comes, in many cases, the hostility to what is perceived as an assault on freedom, without even giving an opportunity for reasoned discussion, or to find an objective, whether or not the belief I will restrict or no. Suppressed and the field of the reason for the 'hedonistic atheism' is easy to get carried in blood and irrational hatred against those who represent belief, in this case the Catholic Church, down in the field of ideological propaganda, so fashionable in recent years in Spain, and is based generally on the one hand grotesque disfigurement, if not outright lies, "passed both by political discourse and by the media, and the other in a fundamental error: the Catholic Church is not an ideological body.
We are therefore faced with a false atheism, born not of reason, but two different things: an individualistic hedonism-life judges on the basis of the revenue of pleasure derived from it, and ideological sectarianism. The spiral and justification insult and violence we are experiencing these days, after the desecration of the chapel of Somosaguas and activation of semi-violent factions of radical ideology, is due to the simplicity of a formatted minds within parapoliticians sectarian groups (shaped civic associations, students, ideological and even political parties and unions), Whatis unable to process the reality as it is and contextualizes everything according to his dialectic: either black or white, or left or right, or friend or foe . The critique of ideology does not exist, nor overcome mistakes. There comes a time when reality no longer matters, but according as ideology, even deform based on lies and defamation. In short, they have alienated.
no longer so much about atheism as a militant secularism, very different. While atheism is moved into the realm of ideas and rationality and, therefore, may be tolerant of beliefs, radical secularism is an ideology that advocates the abolition of the religious experience of social and public life; therefore, is a totalitarian ideology which makes the conscience and the free public expression (distinct from the secularism that separates current social and civic life of strictly cultic, and that is a perfectly acceptable political doctrine and consistent for both believers and nonbelievers and that is most comparable to democracy.)
So in conclusion, I hate to be considered as the procession sacrilegious atheist. An atheist does not have to be disrespectful, sacrilegious or violent. Those who insult, hate, offend, the violent ... are children of pseudoateísmo, but are not atheists. They do not deserve to be called atheists. They believe in a god, or they have it. Or yours is true atheism, nor is so new. Was defined as the first century of our era, precisely because one of the Christian Apostles Paul of Tarsus ... 'because many walk ... whose God is their belly and whose glory is their shame, only mind earthly things. " (Letter to the Philippians, 3, 19).
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