1. Fanatical Atheism – A
Growing Threat?

2. NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM THE FANATICALLY
RELIGIOUS, HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT FANATICAL
ATHEISTS CAN BE JUST AS RUTHLESS AND INHUMANE.
There is one major point of distinction between the two,
however. The fanatically religious can be weakened by
pointing to statements promoting peace in their own religious
texts. But fanatical atheists cannot be pacified by pointing to
anything. The ‘science’ they believe in (atheistic evolution)
implies no moral principle. Morality and ethics is optional. It’s
a personal choice. It means you can do ‘wrong’ – just don’t get
caught.

3. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a creationist and I don’t reject
evolution. My problem is with blind, atheistic evolution. It’s
deadly. Literally. Insidiously, atheistic evolution states there is
no right or wrong. In the final analysis, it’s not important how
decently you live your life. It’s only important that your genes
survive into the next generation. This is the bottom line of
atheistic evolution. Fanatical atheists are so eager to embrace
this fallacious doctrine, they cling to any scientific evidence
that seems to support it.
Today, fanatical atheists are bending backwards to subvert and
distort all spiritual belief in an effort to poison younger minds.

4. Let me be clear. Moderate atheists aren’t doing this, but
fundamentalists are and their population is increasing. They
passionately seek to influence what our children think and
believe even when they’re not in school. Their ultimate aim is
to turn them into atheistic parents who will teach their children
the same. It’s apparently a parasitic scheme to proliferate and
perpetuate atheism across generations automatically through
human hosts. It’s the ultimate virus.
Though this fanaticism is currently small, in this age of the
internet, it seems to be spreading like a virus. This is how it
becomes insidious. 2 become 4. 4 become 8. 8 become 16.
Very soon, within a few generations, a small group of a
thousand fundamentalists can become millions or even billions.

5. Just a couple of decades after you and I are no longer around,
much of this country – indeed our world – can have slipped
into a godless, communist-like brutal regime.
Am I exaggerating? Is it possible? Yes and many others believe
so, too. The threat should not be taken lightly. Nobody dreamt
what Stalin’s and Mao’s worlds would evolve into. They were
not nightmares. They were reality. We cannot allow it to
happen again.
Most historians will agree that communism and most of its
variants have been lethal for its people. Originally intended to
be an elixir for all troubles, communism was the great leveler.
All people would be equal. All would live under the same
conditions. Corruption would be uprooted. All would be
answerable to one power. Not God, but the government. An
unchallenged, totalitarian, atheistic government.

6. But “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely,”
observed the English historian Sir John Dalberg-Acton. There
is perhaps no greater truth uttered by a man. The slippery slope
of absolute power and atheism – the unbridled belief in
evolution as the determinate of humankind’s past and future –
the survival of the fittest – has horrendous consequences.
Communist regimes around the world such as those of Stalin
and Mao killed 100 million people. Did either of these leaders
kill so many personally? No. They did it through their policies,
military, police, and special groups. All these positions were
populated or enforced by once law-abiding, benign individuals
working hard to put food on the table and feed their families.

7. What changed? Their worldview. Only fanatical atheism (and
fundamentalist religion) can brew such brutality in otherwise
decent people.
Fanatical atheism is like a dry rot that slowly devalues the
home it infests. It was a core value of the world’s worst
political leaders. In modern history it fostered the death of
countless innocent women, men, and children. This is what can
happen again if we take fanatical atheism complacently.
The threat of fanatical beliefs is real.

8. Consider this: though its basic intentions seem benign,
communism is inherently totalitarian. Equality is the mantra.
Diversity and plurality of political parties or personal beliefs
are not allowed. Spirituality is subdued as superstitious and
evil. Churches and other places of worship are commonly razed
to the ground. Violence and executions are conducted ‘for the
greater good.’ Only atheistic, evolutionist, Marxist, Leninist,
and Stalinist beliefs are considered rational and scientifically
factual. All else is falsehood. Pre-1989 communist Russia is the
trademark of such atheistic regimes. Indeed, during its high
period students were forced to complete a mandatory course on
dialectical materialism. Spirituality was considered for fools
only and it was rarely spoken of.1
Does history repeat itself? As you know, too often.

9. Like fundamentalist religion, fanatical atheism is a very
slippery slope. If left unchecked or unchallenged it could
possibly resurrect it’s ugly head some time. The burgeoning
number of movies and publications promoting such fanaticism
in the name of free speech are like an infectious pus. Like
fundamentalist religion, absolute atheism has a dark side. If it
comes to power, even in small pockets of communities, it
commonly uproots or subdues opposing individuals.
Our environment can change very quickly. A few years is
sufficient. All it takes is a fundamentalist to get elected or to
stage a coup or revolution. Even democratic elections can put
fundamentalists into power.

10. Did you know that democratic governments such as of the US
in the early 1900s enforced inhumane policies such as
compulsory sterilization of people considered weak, mentally
unstable, genetically deficient, or people who were simply deaf
or blind? In fact, the US government was the very first in the
world to begin this unthinkable cruelty. It was for the purpose
of eugenics.
If this can happen with a government that puts “In God We
Trust” on its notes, just imagine what an atheistic government
that printed “In Marx / Lenin / Blind Evolution We Trust”
could do? In fact, you don’t have to imagine. Just inspect the
human rights records of Russia, China, and other communist
countries in the not too distant past.

11. Fanatical atheism robs people of sympathy, empathy, and
respect for fellow humans. Only people with similar beliefs are
held with respect. Fundamentalism robs them of their emotions
and soul. They become heartless. Many simply cannot agree to
disagree without trashing people personally. They feel insecure
or threatened by anyone who believes otherwise. They respond
with aggression. They don’t even want you to respect both
science and spirituality. They want to enter your mind and
stamp out your spiritual beliefs all together.
Because of their fanaticism these people can become so
obnoxious, some even scorned Mother Teresa when she was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. They claimed she had “cock-
eyed judgment.” I think they should look in a mirror.

12. If a group can be as vicious as this to a person as caring as
Mother Teresa, imagine how they would treat other spiritual
people if they actually came to power.
These fanatics claim that faith is not a virtue, but an evil. They
try to argue that it allows room for practices like suicide-
bombing.
The argument is disingenuous. If it was true, why don’t we see
suicide bombers proliferating in Christianity, Judaism,
Hinduism, and Buddhism amongst other religions? Look at the
Japanese Kamikaze pilots in World War II. They flew their
bomb-laden planes into US warships. Their planes were not
designed to land or return to Japan.

13. They were suicide missions. And those pilots weren’t fighting
in the name of God, but in the name of their country. They
were nationalists. In truth, then, suicide-bombing is not a
product of religion per se, but of culture.
The falsehoods about spirituality that fanatical atheists are
promulgating need to be countered.
One strong method is by educating people about the
agreements between the worldviews of modern science and
ancient spirituality. These new agreements are not a result of
distortion. They have been published in reputed international,
peer-reviewed, scientific journals and have been vetted by
well-know astrophysicists. More people – particularly children
and youth – should know about this.

14. Finally, I emphasize again that most atheists are moderate and
extremely nice people. Many are highly charitable. They are
intellectually honest and open-minded individuals. Indeed,
some of the people who have read my book GOD IS REAL –
The Stunning New Convergence of Science and
Spirituality are atheists and have written 4-star reviews! That
in itself speaks of their moderation. They are not belligerent
towards the spiritual, just skeptical. I think that’s normal.
Almost everyone becomes an atheist or agnostic at one time in
their lives. All it takes is an unanswered prayer or a tragedy out
of the blue. Just ask your teenager after an incident like the
Asian Tsunami or Batman movie theatre massacre whether s/he
believes in God or whether God is good. A common response
will be “I don’t know.”

15. Just as atheism and agnosticism are naturally arising
worldviews, so are theism and faith.
But fundamentalism is a scourge of which we should be wary.
Free speech is one thing, sheer ignorance is another. Fanatical
atheism and its latent threat can be resolved amicably through
open-mindedness and exposure to the newly discovered facts
of science and spirituality.

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