Atheist Foundation of Australia
Our Aims
- To encourage and to provide a means of expression for informed free-thought on philosophical and social issues.
- To safeguard the rights of all non-religious people.
- To serve as a focal point for the community of non-religious people.
- To offer verifiable information in place of superstition and to promote logic and reason.
- To promote atheism.
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Our Philosophy
The Atheist Foundation of Australia recognises the scientific method as the only rational means toward understanding reality. To question and critically examine all ideas, testing them in the light of experiment, leads to the discovery of facts.
As there seems to be no scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena, atheists reject belief in ‘God’, gods, and other supernatural beings. The universe, the world in which we live, and the evolution of life seem to be entirely natural occurrences.
No personality or mind can exist without the process of living matter to sustain it. We have only one life – here and now. All that remains after a person dies is the memory of their life and deeds in the minds of those who remain.
Atheists reject superstition and prejudice along with the irrational fears they cause. We recognise the complexity and interdependence of life on this planet. As rational and ethical beings we accept the challenge of making a creative and responsible contribution to life.
Have a great day everyone 😊
Also you have Free Will, so do what I say or else.
Even when i was very young I couldnt grasp the concept of a god. Especially when they would, on one hand, tell me he is a loving and benovolent god and on the other hand telling me that he is a vengeful god and if i sinned i would go to hell. By the time i was 7 i was convinced it was the same as santa etc, a load of bs.
'For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.'
It's OK as long as we can see the priest's hands.
Sorry if I don't believe you want me specifically to have a great day but that's just the way I am. ...;)
Blackmail... HE died on the Cross for your SINS.
I was scarred for life when the nuns told me it was my fault that happened to Jesus, because of my sins. I was in grade one. 😳
Attending a friend's kid's baptism a few years ago when my then four-year old son pointed at a graphic statue of that wicked imposter's execution and loudly exclaimed -- in front of a full congregation, mind you -- "DAD, I DON'T LIKE THAT!!!"
mythical symbol of complete stupidity!!
There are about 1800 references to the bible that was written hundreds of years ago. Science is screaming : “WTF”
The tragic fact is that one has to explain the child “the beauty” of punishment in the ancient world … how non-traumatic that must be for a young child and what beautiful dreams must bring to the kid at night…
No wonder I'm an atheist!
Dead-Guy-On-A-Stick!
As Goebbels said, “Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it.”
I actually think it’s fascinating that an instrument of torture and humiliation came to be seen as a symbol for hope and love. Don’t need to be religious to find that interesting.
Can you imagine the bible said he was hanged. They would have to go around wearing little silver nooses around their necks.
Acupuncture gone wrong 🤔
Low hanging fruit. Try doing the same with the religion of peace ... 《cough!》Charlie Hebdo.
Yeah I never understood it as a child as I was frightened of a corpse on a cross. 😐
Weird death cult
oh obviously!🤔
Yep, go figure 🤷♀️
“The problem is that people have turned away from God”
Meanwhile:
God loves it when people do their own smiting. It was tiring doing it all himself.
Words cannot convey the sheer hypocrisy of these kinds of people
I don't know if this photo is real or not, but this is f.....ed but not surprising. Imagine if this was done by a Muslim imam.
I don't know why anyone would be surprised, mankind has been killing people in the name of god for thousands of years.
The most ludicrous and pitiful photo award.
I've seen this pic a number of times over the years and it never ceases to disgust me. Plenty more where that came from.
Doing God's work.
Merica! Summed up in one picture
Oh goodie, Thank heavens you will be killed with a blessed bullet…surely that means acceptance into Gods garden for anyone killed by a blessed bullet regardless of colour, religious beliefs or sexual preference 🤔
God always has sides. Like God likes one particular football team more than another. Makes sense he'll bless guns that are used to kill people on the other side.
I cannot believe what I am seeing...guns being blessed.. FFS
Truth is stranger than fiction, especially in the USA
😔 sad,... ridiculously so sad 😞
Roll Away the Stone ,,,Don’t you Leave Me Here Alone ,,,What Will They Do in 2000 Years ,,,Leon Russel ,
Mao Zedong said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Very true. But so does mayhem if the gun is in the hands of idiots, the mentally sick, robbers and social outcasts.
These people have a low mentality. They are the joke of society Why has Facebook let this stupid group post this photo. Especially after the tragedy that happened a week or so ago.
That is obscene ... Insanity.
What an awesome photo! I wonder how many BILLION LIVES have been lost over the last million years where the “religious leaders” blessed the warriors &/or their weapons Rarely caught on film?
+20 Holy damage
Well done. I tried to post this photo several days ago and it was rejected.
Jesus loves a semiautomatic
In my opinion this pretty much sums up the Christian Right.
What in the actual f#@k is the purpose of this?
Says a lot about Religions.
I have to ask if this is genuine. While I dislike religion, my bullshit detector is chiming with this one.
Reasons that we should not become complacent:
The left may think Australia has seen the light, but don’t expect the Christian right to retreat
www.smh.com.au
Defeat will invigorate conservative movements, which will want to save the country from the path of godlessness and damnation it chose last week.I’ll never get complacent and stop fighting for a real separation of church and state.
And of course climate change doesn’t feature very highly, because the end times are nearly here and all the worthwhile people are gonna be whisked away, so who are they protecting the environment for?
The left is very aware that some churches are continually looking for a way to infiltrate the government.
I'm not sure that the left thinks this at all. In any case, let's not ignore the fact that Albanese is a 'cultural' Catholic who meets regularly with the hierarchy and who supports some form of legislation to advance the Trojan horse of religious rights (or for that matter, Plibersek's open support of the Catholic education system).
The Christian right believe they are entitled to a voice in government. I strongly believe otherwise
Their imaginary sky daddy won't help them. The young people of Australia and the world are free from their BS because of the internet.
If first you don't succeed then pray, pray again.... lol
But let's not forget it was just the left. The middles have gone greens/ind. I'm not convinced this election was a one off.
Religion has no place in politics, time for science to triumph and make the country a better place. Science doesn't need tax free status
Following the tsunami of Australians saying yes to the same sex marriage plebiscite. Archbishop Anthony Fisher said, we'll see about that then began to undermine the will of the people. Of course christians won't give up trying to tell us how to live and fortify their diminishing power base. A few years ago a poll was conducted indicating 84% of the community wanted a complete separation of church and state. If 33% of the population nominate as no religion what does that say about religion itself. Recently NSW fell in line with the rest of the states to allow Assisted dying which christians also vehemently oppose. They are losing bit by bit and will in due course fade into irrelevancy as they should.
It would be hard to find someone who isn't some kind of religious believer.
ban lying about facts during elections is a good start, separate religion from the state, no prayers in parliament helps too.
The Christian right are busy looking for demons under the bed.
As you reduce funding for education this is the end result. religious fanaticism becomes rampant.
I agree.
Liberals losing this federal election is a huge win for secularism and speaks volumes as to where Australia is heading with their views on nonsensical belief systems.
I don't expect them to retreat - just become more fanatical.
That religious fanatic and his cohorts are still holding their seats, to them this is only a setback. Forever plotting the downfall of democracy.
Religion is major threat to Democratic life. Its is only about the control of others..
Where’s your god now?
right now the right are butthurt globally. They are once again PLANNING their attack on SSM, Abortion and SRE. THEY DEMAND their 7 mountains.........of TOTAL DOMINION.
Yeah if there anything like they are in America white Christians are going back to their old clan ways again just like when they rode around with sheets on their head burning crosses
Religion poisons everything
Aussie sheila ALP"empowered" feminazism is far WORSE !
They are in retreat, but the greens will celebrate every religious festival of every damn religion. But they do not celebrate science or Darwin or evolution. Ridicule religion everyday before breakfast.
Lengthy back and forth with a Brisbane school over a formal dress sees human rights complaint launched
www.abc.net.au
Families launch a discrimination complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission against Brisbane's Citipointe Christian College after an "unthinkable" enrolment contract denounced homosexuality...Why on earth would a family leave their Trans daughter in that vile school?
Christian schools would return to habits if they had the power
The only thing more cringe than religion is going into a religious school and complaining that its religious.
Just don't send your child to a religious school. Simple.
This archaic and evil institution should have all government funding removed. No chance under Scomo, some chance under Albo?
Anyone else?
I was told that I got cancer because I don't believe in god. So I don't have to wait to feel his wrath.
The sweetest one is still JFC. 💓 .
Since it's still illegal in most states, I've been nervously waiting for the day when the police kick my door down and cart me off to prison.
Odd business that so many jurisdictions hang on to this archaic law. Could be argued that most of them have bigger legal fish to fry.
Don't hang by your thumbs waiting.
What people believe in a talking Frog???
Always
Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property
Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property
www.smh.com.au
Testimony so far has provided plenty of insights into how the Vatican operates, with a cast of characters worthy of a Dan Brown thriller.Funny, isn't it? Jesus never had any money, but his followers seem to worship it.
they certainly have a lot of skid marks.
WWJD
Do they have ANY clean laundry? Clerical child abuse … nuns used as sex slaves … 100s of 1000s of indigenous and “illegitimate” kids murdered or neglected to death in orphanages and native schools.. the money… the Vatican collaboration with the Nazis…
make them ALL pay taxes NOW
New headline: “Catholic Church is more worried about money than sex abuse”
Dodgy doings at the Vatican. They could give their riches to the poor. That might solve it. Greed and corruption.
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In 2019, when we began our #DontDivideUs campaign against the #ReligiousDiscriminationBill, we knew one thing for certain – the legislation would be divisive. Last week, many MPs spoke about the divisive nature of the Bill. Read more:
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MPs highlight the divisive nature of the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill - #DontDivideUs
In 2019, when we began working on our #DontDivideUs campaign against the then proposed Religious Discrimination Bill, ...
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Non-believers need to be more vocal! The more we can support organisations like @AtheistAus , the bigger our chances https://twitter.com/emma__jayne14/status/1491601904182632449
Why is the Parliament not free from religion and why is the Lord’s Prayer still recited at the beginning of Parliament each day?
One of the many reasons the Religious Discrimination Bill should not pass.
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‘You love them unconditionally’: The story behind MP’s moving speech on religious discrimination bill
Stephen Jones doesn’t see himself as a spokesman for the families of LGBTQI kids, but he had to speak up ...
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This is URGENT! Write to your federal MP to urge them to REJECT the divisive and unnecessary #ReligiousDiscriminationBill.
Find out how: https://bit.ly/3uqqWyQ
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Taxpayers are funding #Citipointe Christian College to promote, in its Year 9 curriculum, "the fact that modern science has revealed a vast web of evidence which supports the biblical record of creation". What BS!
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