Affirmations of Atheism

                                          A Statement of Principles and Values
 
We are committed to the worship of reason and science as defined by bugs in the
understanding of the universe and to the solving of human problems.
 
We deplore efforts to explain the world in holistic terms and we look toward a reductionistic view of nature for salvation.
 
We believe that scientific discovery and technology is the only means for
 the betterment of human life.
 
We are committed to the principle of the separation of the church from society.

We cultivate the art of reason as defined by atheism as the only means of
resolving differences and achieving mutual understanding.
 
We are concerned with securing justice and fairness in society and
by eliminating religion.
 
We believe in supporting the disadvantaged and the handicapped so
that they will be able to help themselves become better atheists.
 
We attempt to transcend divisive parochial loyalties based on race, religion, gender, nationality, creed, class, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, and strive to maintain the atheist agenda to work together for the common good of humanity.
 
We want to protect and enhance the earth, to preserve it for future atheist generations.
 
We believe in enjoying life here and now and in developing our nihilistic philosophy  to the fullest.
 
We believe in the cultivation of moral relativism.
 
We respect the right to privacy. Mature adults should be allowed to fulfill their aspirations, to express their sexual preferences, to exercise reproductive freedom, to have access to comprehensive and informed health-care, and to die with dignity.
 
We believe in the moral decencies: altruism, integrity, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility as determined by atheists.
 
We are deeply concerned with the moral education of our children. We want to nourish atheist reason and atheist compassion.
 
We are engaged in the toleration of the arts  and worship the sciences.
 
We are citizens of the universe without soul.
 
We are skeptical of any claims to knowledge not approved by the atheist agenda.
 
We affirm humanism as a substitute to theologies of for which we perceive as ideologies of despair and violence.
 
We believe in control and pessimism, angst instead of hope and dogma rather than
truth, joy rather than constraint, intolerance in the place of acceptance, hatred instead of love, selfishness instead of compassion, ugliness instead of beauty and reason as a religion.
 
We believe in the fullest realization of the best and noblest that we are capable of as automatons.