介紹美國無神論聯盟(無神論不等於共產黨)

http://www.atheistalliance.org/index.php


Who We Are

1) Atheism is living one\'s life without the supernatural.

2) Every human being is entitled to freedom of conscience, which requires absolute state neutrality towards religion and nonreligion and governmental maintenance of inviolate human rights. Thus, we oppose any law requiring or forbidding the personal observance of religion.

3) Scientific inquiry has proved the best process for improving the physical welfare of humankind and should be pursued with vigor and without compromise throughout the world.

4) Human compassion and empathy are crucial to improving the human condition.

5) Reason and cooperation are essential to meeting the challenges that confront humankind.

6) We are responsible for humane interaction with other animals and for the preservation of our habitable planet.

7) Humanistic atheists eschew concepts that fragment humanity into conflicting groups; rather, we work toward fostering cooperative diversity.

In essence, we work in different ways throughout the world, owing to each other an allegiance to these tenets for living our lives with this perspective and in this manner, making the world a better place.

We Are Not

An atheist is anyone who has no belief in any god, whether the god is called Jehovah, Satan, Vishnu, Allah, Loki, Zeus, or any other name. Therefore, atheists hold many varieties of social and political philosophies. There is no atheist dogma, and the Atheist Alliance International has no catechism. However, most of us are atheists because we are rationalists. That means we look for the best evidence in deciding what to believe. Of course, we don’t believe in such ideas as miracles, “intelligent” design, and “scientific” creationism. There are also popular notions which are secular and which a few vocal atheists may believe, but which have no supporting evidence. They are extremely unpopular among the great majority of atheists-rationalists. They include:

The appearance of “ghosts” or other spirits of the dead.
Reincarnation of human “souls.”
The denial of established historical events, such as the Nazi mass murder of Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, and atheists during World War II.
Astrology of any origin.