The Cruel Existence of Something

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time... But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit! - George Carlin... The existence of nothing has never harmed anybody. Why then should a good God create something only to harm everybody? Look at the way God created all of us. When we arrived into this world via mother's womb: we were all wet, hungry, crying, bloodied, uncircumcised, and as unbelievers of the faith. We had no religion as babies. We were all atheists. In fact, if all of us came out of mother’s womb happy, smiling, clean, healthy, well-fed, and already believing in the existence of the Supreme Being - no need for the atheists to make a fuss about the cruel existence of something. Consider the day we are born is the day we also begin to live in a dying body. Moreover, “When we are born we cry, that we come to this great stage of fools.” Well, for my part, as a growing thinking boy in school, I thought I'd better get myself expelled out of that greater stage of fools hardly referred to as acquiring a sick kind of education under the sick existence of De La Salle University! ... Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Reflection of the Filipino Minds and Hearts

Travel anywhere in the Philippines and you will see the exact reflection of the Filipino minds and hearts: garbage here, trash there, and filth, soot,toxic waste, pollution, and human degradation everywhere. Indeed, we are all born ignorant, not untidy. We are made untidy by education. Such is the power of education as we Filipinos are the dirty products of a Catholic system of education! For my part, I am most proud and happy that as a catholic student some 65 years ago, I got expelled out of La Salle high school. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Buddha - the Atheist

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” Buddha. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Filipino Minds and Hearts

Travel anywhere in the Philippines and you will see the exact reflection of the Filipino minds and hearts: garbage here, trash there, and filth everywhere. Indeed, we are all born ignorant, not untidy. We are made untidy by education. Such is the power of education as we Filipinos are the dirty products of a Catholic system of education! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes

"In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes."Benjamin Franklin. In the Philippines, however, nothing is certain but death, sin and crime of the politicians as government officials, and tax-exemption of the priesthood industry whose main business is to forgive the sins and crimes of the corrupt politicians in the government. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Faith, Hope, happiness, and Fear

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 ... Well, to be begin with, faith in reality is the worst of all evils; it prolongs the torments of man. It is just like happiness derived from faith - it is only for those who have been taught how to live in fear. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Casinos Have Nothing to do with Economic growth

If I open a business that employs people, I’m "creating jobs," but does that prove that I’m helping the economy? Of course not. Economics 101 teaches that the question is not "Do people work here?" but rather "Does this activity contribute to economic growth?" And current economic research clearly suggests that casinos do not help the economy.'' Casinos create employment, but its employees create nothing of value which is what economic growth is all about. The reason isn’t hard to understand. What expands the economy is producing things of value, and casinos produce nothing of value. If I open a doughnut stand, I’m producing doughnuts. If I build a tire factory, I’m producing tires. The only thing a casino produces is people losing their money. The economic impact is similar to throwing your money on the street so that someone else can pick it up — it’s redistributing wealth without creating more of it. But it gets worse, because what casinos do isn’t neutral, either ethically or economically. Casinos prey upon people’s weaknesses to separate them from their money. Slot machines and other casino games are forms of fraud, similar to loan-sharking, false advertising and price-gouging. Economists have much to say about the economic impact of businesses that cheat and exploit people, and it’s the opposite of what the casino lobby says. If I start a loan-sharking business in your town, it’s true that I’m "creating jobs." I’m also creating jobs if I open a brothel or turn an abandoned building into a crack house. But would any of this help the economy? Of course not. Such activities typically drag a community down, economically and in other ways. Bad ethics usually lead to bad economic outcomes. In the ultimate analysis, a country where its few rich minority get richer, and the poor majority are getting poorer is a not country that is enjoying economic growth or prosperity, but the growth of economic perversity and stupidity... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

What a Lot of Spiritual Garbage

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19... "Our Needs will never exhaust God's supply."... Philippine Star, Mar. 7, 2015... What a lot of spiritual garbage. The Son of God Jesus, crucified on the cross, cried out loud: "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?" Matt. 27:46 Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Why fear God

Why fear God since even after death there is nothing more to fear. That there is life after death is a lot of hogwash. There is no such thing as dying partially. We die entirely. There is nothing more natural and more simple than to believe that the dead man lives no more. There is nothing more absurd than to believe that the dead man is still living. To claim that the souls of men will be punished or rewarded after death of man's body is to pretend that that man will be able to see without eyes, to hear without ears, smell with a nose, taste without a palate,feel without hands and skin, make love without his sex organ... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Human Stupidity as More Everlasting than Eternity

Presents documented evidence from hundreds of primitive cultures from around the world that God, indeed, has put eternity into the hearts of men... Don Richardson . . . Sadly, there is something far more everlasting that eternity; in fact,it is way way ahead of eternity - it it known as human stupidity... Poch Suzara twitter# facebook# Google#

The Creative Versus the Destructive Way of Life

"It is the preoccupation of possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly."... Bertrand Russell. . . For my part, I say, in the Philippines, it is preoccupation with a woman's vagina, next to the fear in God, that prevents most Filipinos to be in love with his own country. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Lord Deceived Me

"O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me." (Jeremiah 20:7) Oh Lord, my dear Lord, after deceiving me, why should I be proud to live in fear of either you or your Father? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Wisdom from Heaven or from Hell

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17... NO KIDDING? What about the wisdom from hell by those who are good, specially good for nothing always doing nothing so that evil is always be triumphant? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Two Men Fucking each other to Death

I have nothing against the Gay community; nor have I any objections to Lesbianism. I am an atheist and as a humanist I prefer to see two men fucking each other to death while not believing in God than to see two men killing each other while believing in God. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

There is Always Something to be Grateful For

In this society of sin and sorrow, fear and ignorance, poverty and misery, cheaters and swindlers - there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, some 65 years ago, I am thankful that I managed to get myself expelled out of high school as I also ceased to be a Catholic. Ever since then I have been proud and happy being atheistic. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Falling In Love with the World

It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit; divorced from it, they remain barren. - Bertrand Russell... And it is mostly fear that prevents us from falling in love with the world. This world. Our world. The only world we know and have as our home. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Our Sick Savior

"No sorrow is too heavy for our Savior to bear." . . . Philippine Star, Feb. 28,2015. . . In fact, Jesus, our Savior is the first and the last person to give not the joys of understanding or intellectual pleasures in life, but the sorrows of conflict and unhappiness; specially within the family. Listen to Jesus as he expects you to be not only sorrowfully unhappy, but also to be sick and insane as His disciple: "If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:26 Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Behind Speech is Thought

Behind speech is thought. Devoid of thought one is deprived of life's greatest of freedoms: to the freedom of expression. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Freemasonry and Atheism

What is Freemasonry? Devotion to the interests of the People; detestation of Tyranny; sacred regard for the rights of Free Thought, Free Speech, and Free Conscience; implacable hostility to Intolerance, bigotry, Arrogance and Usurpation; respect and regard for labor, which makes human nature noble; and scorn and contempt for all monopolies that minister to insolent and pampered luxury... This is all fine and dandy. What is Atheism? We atheists, however, are ahead of the Freemasons. We have no need of a God to guide us, to report to, or to answer for; especially in our struggle against the evils in this world. Our World... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

GOD IS IMAGINARY, NOT REAL AS A BEING

If you are an educated Christian, have you ever thought about using your college education to think about your faith? Your life and your career demand that you behave and act rationally. Let's apply your critical thinking skills as we discuss 10 simple questions about your religion. Here is an example of the kind of thing I am talking about: As a Christian, you believe in the power of prayer. According to a recent poll 3 out of 4 doctors believe that God is performing medical miracles on earth right now. Most Christians believe that God is curing cancers, healing diseases, reversing the effects of poisons and so on. So here is question #1: Why won't God heal amputees? It's a simple question, isn't it? We all know that amputated legs do not spontaneously regenerate in response to prayer. Amputees get no miracles from God. If you are an intelligent person, you have to admit that it's an interesting question On the one hand, you believe that God answers prayers and performs miracles. On the other hand, you know that God completely ignores amputees when they pray for miracles. How do you deal with this discrepancy? As an intelligent person, you have to deal with it, because it makes no sense. In order to handle it, notice that you have to create some kind of rationalization. You have to invent an excuse on God's behalf to explain this strange fact of life. You might say, "well, God must have some kind of special plan for amputees." So you invent your excuse, whatever it is, and then you stop thinking about it because it is uncomfortable. Here is another example. As a Christian, you believe that God cares about you and answers your prayers. So the second question is: Why are there so many starving people in our world? Look out at our world and notice that millions of children are dying of starvation. It really is horrific. Why would God be worried about you getting a raise, while at the same time ignoring the prayers of these desperate, innocent little children? It really doesn't make any sense, does it? Why would a loving god do this? To explain it, you have to come up with some sort of very strange excuse for God. Like, "God wants these children to suffer and die for some divine, mysterious reason." Then you push it out of your mind because it absolutely does not fit with your view of a loving, caring God. Third question: Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the Bible? Look up these verses: - Exodus 35:2 – God demands that we kill everyone who works on the Sabbath day. - Deuteronomy 21:18-21 – God demands that we kill disobedient teenagers. - Leviticus 20:13 – God demands the death of homosexuals. - Deuteronomy 22:13-21 – God demands that we kill girls who are not virgins when they marry. And so on… There are lots of verses like these. It doesn't make any sense, does it? Why would a loving God want us to murder our fellow human beings over such trivial matters? Just because you work on the wrong day of the week, you must die? That makes no sense, does it? In fact, if you think about it, you realize that it is insane. So you create some kind of rationalization to explain these verses. Question #4: Why does the Bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense? You have a college degree, so you know what I'm talking about. You know how science works. You happily use the products of science every day: your car, your cell phone, your microwave oven, your TV, your computer. These are all products of the scientific process. You know that science is incredibly important to our economy and to our lives. But there is a problem. As an educated person you know that the Bible contains all sorts of information that is total nonsense from a scientific perspective. - God did not create the world in 6 days 6,000 years ago like the Bible says. - There was never a worldwide flood that covered Mt. Everest like the Bible says. - Jonah did not live inside a fish's stomach for three days like the Bible says. - God did not create Adam from a handful of dust like the Bible says. These stories are all nonsense. Why would an all-knowing God write nonsense? It makes no sense, does it? So you create some type of very strange excuse to try to explain why the Bible contains total nonsense. Question #5: Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery in the Bible? Look up these Bible verses: - Exodus 21:20-21 – God says that it is OK to own slaves, and it is also OK to beat them. - Colossians 3:22-24 – Slaves need to obey their masters. - Ephesians 6:5 – Slaves need to obey their masters just as they would obey Christ. - 1 Peter 2:18 – Slaves need to obey their masters, even if their masters are harsh . And so on… And why do all intelligent people abhor slavery and make it completely illegal? You have to come up with some kind of weird rationalization to explain it. Question #6: Why do bad things happen to good people? That makes no sense. You have created an exotic excuse on God's behalf to rationalize it. Question #7: Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles in the Bible leave behind any evidence? It's very strange, isn't it? You have created an excuse to rationalize it. Question #8: How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you? Jesus is all-powerful and timeless, but if you pray for Jesus to appear, nothing happens. You have to create a weird rationalization to deal with this discrepancy. Question #9 – Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood? It sounds totally grotesque, doesn't it? Why would al all-powerful God want you to do something that, in any other context, sounds like a disgusting, cannibalistic, satanic ritual? And finally, Question #10 – Why do Christians get divorced at the same rate as non-Christians? Christians get married in front of God and their Christian friends, all of whom are praying to God for the marriage to succeed. And then they say, "What God has put together, let no man put asunder." God is all-powerful, so if God has put two people together that should seal the deal, right? Yet Christians get divorced at the same rate as everyone else. To explain this, you have to create some convoluted rationalization. So, we have looked at 10 fascinating questions. In order to believe in God, you have had to create all sorts of strange rationalizations and excuses. If you are an intelligent, college-educated person, all of these excuses and rationalizations probably make you uncomfortable. If you think about it honestly, using the critical thinking skills that you learned in college, you have to admit that your answers to these questions make no sense at all. Now, let me show you something remarkable. What if you instead assume that God is imaginary? A funny thing happens: the answers to every one of these questions make complete sense. Just look at all ten questions as an intelligent person: 1) Why won't God heal amputees? Because God is imaginary, and he doesn't answer any prayers. Every "answered prayer" is actually a coincidence. All scientific evidence supports this conclusion. 2) Why are there so many starving people in our world? Because God is imaginary, and he is therefore unable to answer their prayers. 3) Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the Bible? Because God is imaginary, and the Bible was written by ridiculous, ruthless men rather than any sort of loving being. 4) Why does the Bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense? Ditto. Primitive men wrote the bible, not an all-knowing being. 5) Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery? Ditto. 6) Why do bad things happen to good people? Because God is imaginary and bad things happen at the same statistical rates to everyone. 7) Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles in the Bible leave behind any evidence? Because God is imaginary, and Jesus' miracles are myths. 8) How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you? Because God is imaginary. 9) Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood? Because God is imaginary, and this bizarre ritual came from a pagan religion. 10) Why do Christians get divorced at the same rate as non-Christians? Because God is imaginary. Do you see what has happened here? When we assume that God exists, the answers to these ten questions make absolutely no sense. But if we assume that God is imaginary, our world makes complete sense. It's interesting, isn't it? Actually, it's more than interesting – it is incredibly important. Our world only makes sense when we understand that God is imaginary. This is how intelligent, rational people know that God is imaginary. When you use your brain, and when you think logically about your religious faith, you can reach only one possible conclusion: the "god" that you have heard about since you were an infant is completely imaginary. You have to willfully discard rationality, and accept hundreds of bizarre rationalizations to believe in your "god." Now, let me ask you one last question: why should you care? What difference does it make if people want to believe in a "god", even if he is imaginary? It matters because people who believe in imaginary beings are delusional. It matters because people who talk to imaginary beings are delusional. It matters because people who believe in imaginary superstitions like prayer are delusional. It's that simple, and that obvious. Your religious beliefs hurt you personally and hurt us as a species because they are delusional. The belief in any "god" is complete nonsense. You are a smart person. It is time for you to use your intelligence to free yourself from these delusions. It is time for you to begin thinking like a rational human being, rather than clinging to imaginary friends and childhood fantasies. Poch Suzara

The Invisible God

If God created man out of his own image and likeness how come we are not invisible? -- And if God is Jewish how come Filipinos do not look Jewish? And what if God were a being without a dick, but with a vagina? . . . At any rate, if God created you in his own image and likeness, how come you are born as an atheist without religion... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Church and Its Welfare

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 1 John 2:15... Indeed, it follows that the church fears atheism, not because it is inimical to human welfare, but because it is inimical to big business of the church. The priesthood industry need and want their mythical God because in Him they live and move and have their cake and eat it too. The church has thus become an institution for the care and maintenance of God, not man. You can say anything about man, and it will not bother the church, but speak one word against God and the entire priesthood industry behind the church will rise in wrath against you. In the ultimate analysis, not only the church, but also the existence of a cathedral is but a monument to human stupidity. Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

God and Nature

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference... Richard Dawkins . . . Or to say that "God is nature," or that "nature is God," is the lowest form of ludicrosity; if not the highest form of ridiculosity... Poch Suzara Twitter# facebook# Google#

RELATIVES FUCKING RELATIVES AS TRUTH REVEALED IN THE HOLY BIBLE

The Bible on Donkey Penis as a revealed truth in the holy bible . . More truth revealed in Ezekiel 23:1-49... "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." Rape approved by God in the bible? Pedophile approved by God in the same bible? Consider the sin of incest also approved by God or relatives fucking relatives as truth revealed in the bible: 1. Lot with his elder daughter, Genesis 19:33 2. Lot with his youngest daughter. Genesis 19:35 3. Abraham with his half sister, Genesis 20:12 4. Nahor with his niece, Genesis 11:27, 20 5. Reuben with his father’s concubine, genesis 35:22, 49:4 6. Amram with his aunt, Exodus 6:20 7. Judah with his daughter-in-law, Genesis 38:16-18 8. Amnon with his sister, 2 Samuel 13:2, 14 9. Absalom with his father’s 10 concubines. 2 Samuel 15:16; 10. Herod with his sister-in-law, Mark 6:17-18 See also Amos 2:7 and First Corinthians 5:1 and how about Cain (Genesis 4:17) and Seth (Genesis) 4:26? In the meantime, we are told by the religious faithfools that Catholic priests fucking boys and girls in church and in school is a modern terror; not an ancient horror. That Catholic priests during the first century never fucked boys and girls inside churches and cathedrals! No kidding? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Safety of the Lawmakers in the Philippines

The safety of the people shall be the highest law... Marcus Tullius Cicero. . . Not in the Philippines, the safety of the lawmakers is the highest law; specially as they are among the first lawbreakers. It is big business for the corrupt lawyers of our sick society! Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

The greatest Tragedy of mankind's Entire History

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. - Arthur C. Clarke - Oh my dear Mr. Arthur C. Clark this was a lesser tragedy of centuries ago. The greatest tragedy today is the hijacking of school, colleges, and universities by religion; especially in the Philippines - the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century... Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

Ask, Seek, Knock

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." Matt. 7:7-8... What a lot of superstitious bible garbage. Why? If these were true, you need only to ask once, you need only to seek once, and you only need to knock once. Not a million times daily; nay, not a billion times yearly said by generations of lunatics more referred to as Catholics; specially in the Philippines - the only catholic country in Asia since the 16th century.... In this day and age, in this already 21st century, how come millions of poor Filipinos are still asking, seeking, and knocking by way of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly prayers to God? Even their poor parents, grandparents, and great grandparents before them have said the same daily prayers centuries past. Golly, even our congressmen and senators are into the same sick prayers daily to God too! Praying to God to accomplish what for our people or to achieve what for our country - nobody knows! They just pray daily as part of their duty and responsibility as government officials - confirming the truth that the separation of Church and State in the Philippines is nothing but a farce, a fraud, and a ceremony... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Sick Truth Revealed in the Sick Bible

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Love not this world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1John 2:15 If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Isaiah 45:7 Their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes! There houses spoiled, and their wives raped... Dash the young men to pieces...have no pity on the fruit of the womb, the children shall not be spared. Isaiah 13:16-18 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. Malachi 2:3 "Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the Lord against the sun.” Numbers 25:4 To Fear the Lord is wisdom. Job 28:28 for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Deut 5:9 For our God is a consuming fire!" -- Hebrews 12:29 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. Psalms 78:49 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger...” -- Isaiah 13:9 Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household. Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt. 10:34-37 "But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me." Luke 19:27 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. Matt. 10:1 In the meantime, it's incredible to believe that neither Jesus nor his disciples have never been able to successfully cure diseases in the Philippines, especially the one more known as THE SICK MAN OF ASIA! Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

My Dear Sara

"I salute PNP OIC Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina for speaking the truth. He spoke from the heart. His courage gave the nation hope. He showed dedication and commitment to the Philippine National Police force. Many of us were reassured that at least there are still men in government who puts God at the center of their lives... As my late father Maximo V. Soliven once wrote, “Let’s honor our heroes who’re fighting and dying for our country in Mindanao. Not defame, bad-mouth, or shoot them in the back. We’re a funny people. We let innocents die then, in a twisted version of the rule of law, defend their tormentors in our courts of law with such a passion and vehemence for their “rights” that one begins to wonder who’s right and who’s wrong: the torturer, the renegade, the murdered – or his victims.” Sara Soliven de Guzman, Philippine Star My dear Sara, how many Filipinos are there working today in the Philippine government who are atheists who puts love of country and love of fellow-Filipinos first and foremost at the center of their lives? Do you know of one? In the meantime, the Filipinos in Mindanao were there first centuries before the Spaniards and the Americans arrived to colonize the Philippines. Today, we should honor Filipinos Killing fellow-Filipinos in Mindanao to defend and protect and to promote what in our God-forsaken only Christian country in Asia? - Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

We All Live In a Fucking World

With all due love and respect, my father fucked my mother in order to produce me. Just exactly like your father fucked your mother in order to produce you. It is the same with our children - we fucked their mothers in order to produce them. The claim as in Sacred Scriptures that we are all created in the image and likeness of God is nothing but a piece of religious mendacity, if not the lowest form of hypocrisy! Indeed, life is a sexually transmitted disease with a mortality rate of 100 per cent! For any of you to believe otherwise is nothing but divine gimcrackery as inspired by the existence of a filthy mystery that promotes nothing but social insanity having an illicit affair with political stupidity! In the meantime, it is amazing how most of the streets of our major cities have been converted from streets into baby factories. What's even more amazing is to also find pregnant dogs and cats existing in such streets. - Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Religion, like War, is Big Business

Religion is the killing of the human mind and heart. It is the systematic marketing of fear that ensures faith in human ignorance which in turn promote social insanity, political stupidity, and economic scarcity for the majority; but economic prosperity for the minority on top of which is the priesthood industry. In other words, religion, like war, is big business. I repeat: religion teaches us to SMILE because God loves us but he needs MONEY! In other words, religion, like war - the killing of the human body, is big business. I repeat: religion teaches us to SMILE because God loves us but he needs MONEY! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

God is Present - NO KIDDING?

"God is present - even when we feel that He is absent." Philippine Star, Feb. 7,2015 . . . It is really all about that sick game we Filipinos - the Sick Man of Asia - have been playing for centuries with a Sick God always OMNI-absent; never at any time OMNI-present. . . Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Bible as a Holy Garbage and Trash

If the earth is about 4 billion years old and on the 6th day man was created are religious people suggesting that man has been on earth for over 4 billion years? I said it before, I say it again: The bible is a book written with REVEALED lies, deception, corruption, contradictions, inconsistencies, absurdities, obscenities, vulgarities, atrocities, and stupidities. The best we can do with the holy bible, after seriously reading it, is to feel holier by throwing it out window. I did it myself and then began to read and read and read even more seriously great books written by the great thinkers of this world.Especially books written by Bertrand Russell. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Mother Goose as a Greater God Than the God in the Bible

"I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose." - Clarence Darrow. . . Well, for my part, as an atheist, I would rather believe in the existence of Mother Goose than believe in the existence of God written in the bible! I have never heard of Mother Goose threatened any one with eternal punishment just because they do not believe in the existence of Mother Goose... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Best Proof of Character

"Conduct is the best proof of character." Philippine Star, Feb. 6, 2015 . . . I say NO, what I say is that the power of thought behind conduct is the best proof of character worth emulating or admiring. . . Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Beauty of Death

“Death, like style, is the removal of rubbish, the circumcision of the superfluous.” Will Durant... For my part, I say death is like sleeping but waking up no more. If any of you fear sleeping, then you have got to be a religiously dumbstruck, if not a spiritually frightened moron... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

What if God Turns out to be an Atheist

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence. --Bertrand Russell. . . Oh My dear Bertrand Russell, here's something more ticklish to think about: what if it turns out that God has no affiliations in any shape or form whatsoever with any of man's great religions on this earth? Indeed, what if it turns out, that God is not a Catholic but is an atheist who does not believe in the existence of other Gods? Poch Suzara Twitter# facebook# Google#

The Highest Form of Spirituality

"Christ the living bread satisfies our spiritual hunger through the living word." Philippine Star, Feb. 3, 2015. . . In the meantime, isn't it sad that millions of poor and hungry Filipinos still do pray daily to God to "give us this day our daily bread..." Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Troubles and Problems in Life

No matter who we are - rich or poor, fat or thin, young or old, black or white, tall or short, schooled or unschooled, married or single - all of us have or will have our share of troubles and problems in life. I suppose the idea of life's meaning is not to add to the problems and troubles of people, but to be a part of the solution or to and lessen the degree of such troubles and problems. . . In the meantime, happily, everything, sooner or later, will come to an end; unhappily, however, except human stupidity. It is here to stay permanently especially as she is happily married to infinity. . . Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

I am Richer

"He is rich who is satisfied with what he has." . . . Philippine Star, Feb. 3, 2015. . . I am richer. I am satisfied with what I longer have as I have given most of it away... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Why am I Happy as an Atheist

Suppose one man likes strawberries and another does not; in what respect is the latter superior? There is no abstract and impersonal proof either that strawberries are good or that they are not good. To the man who likes them they are good, to the man who dislikes them they are not. But the man who likes them has a pleasure which the other does not have; to that extent his life is more enjoyable and he is better adapted to the world in which both must live. What is true in this trivial instance is equally true in more important matters. The man who enjoys watching football is to that extent superior to the man who does not. The man who enjoys reading is still more superior to the man who does not, since opportunities for reading are more frequent than opportunities for watching football. The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happiness he has and the less he is at the mercy of fate, since if he loses one thing he can fall back upon another. Life is too short to be interested in everything, but it is good to be interested in as many things as are necessary to fill our days... Bertrand Russell, the Conquest of Happiness... For my part, I am happy because I love and enjoy reading. I also love and enjoy doubting, searching, disagreeing, questioning, verifying, cogitating, scrutinizing, thought provoking, discovering, enemy facing, laughing, joke cracking, street children feeding, cooking, gardening, cleaning, washing, collecting, helping, giving, jazz drumming, listening, vagina penetrating, and pumping, and ejaculating not for the sake of breeding or propagating, but simply for a healthy fucking, and most of all I love and enjoy truth telling.... Poch Suzara, Thought to Provoke Your Thoughts Twitter# Facebook# Google# Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Most People Hate to Think

“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” ― Thomas A. Edison --- In the Philippines, as the only Catholic country in Asia, 99 per cent of the people love to pray as they hate to think. After all, under our sick system of education, we are taught to believe that life after death is better than life after birth so that there is no need to think to save our precious minds and hearts; there is only the need to pray to save our sick and frightned souls... Poch Suzara, Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Trouble With God

The trouble with God is that he hates his job. He hates to assume his duties and responsibilities as the creator of the universe. He would rather be happy by always being omni-absent than be a God who should always be omni-present. Indeed, to remain always as a hidden spirit, and not be a real open matter. But then again, here's the theological mess: God is not matter, neither is nonexistence. God has no limitations, neither is nonexistence. God is not visible, neither is nonexistence. God cannot be described, neither can nonexistence. Obviously, God does not exists! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Rulers of Our Freedom and Democracy in the Philippines

*Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. . . Franklin D. Roosevelt In the Philippines, sadly, the only Catholic country in Asia, we have no government of the people, by the people, and for the people. We do, however, have a government of the liars, cheaters, plunderers, greedy lawyers, tax-evaders, gamblers, fixers, make believers, sick actors as sick pretenders, faithful to Jesus boxers, vagina-seekers, and mother-fuckers! But they all equally share something wonderful, beautiful, and delightful together - they all enjoy the forgiveness of their sins and crimes by God all the time. Especially for as long as they are not the unbelievers; on the contrary, for as long as they are the faithful supporters of the Catholic priesthood industry generating the ways and means of our sick society! In the meantime, as a Filipino citizen born in this country 78 years ago: I asked it during La Salle high school years and I am still asking it today in my senior citizen years: where the FUCK are we going as a people; and where the FUCK are we going as a nation? KABABAYAN, PUEDA BA, GISING NA TAYO! SOBRA NA! TAMA NA YAN KALECHEHAN AT KABABUYAN NATIN!... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Wow God, Is it really that Hard be a God to us

"God is always protecting us - even if we do not realize we need it." Philippine Star, Jan. 30, 2014... Wow God! Isn't this about the same old story? The same old useless drama from you? You are protecting us from what? With all of the power, glory, and authority at your disposal is it really that hard for you to be just a God to us as a people; and, just to be a God to us as a nation? After all, we Filipinos since 400 years ago, have been and still are the only people in Asia who believe in you as our God and have faith in your only begotten Son Jesus? What are you protecting us from? Protecting us by being endlessly being sick as a people? Or protecting us for being historically insane as a nation - being the only Catholic church in Asia since the 16th century? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Change, Growth, and Development

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. . . Margaret Mead, Anthropologist. In the Philippines, it has been the exact opposite and historically tragic. Only a small group of religious morons more known as the priesthood industry have always kept millions upon millions of Filipinos spiritually poor and frightened as a people and have always kept the Philippines morally sick and backward as a nation. listen to one of the most brilliant freethinking lawyers the world has ever produced. He said: "Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt." . . . Clarence Darrow, Lawyer In the meantime, ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES, prostitution has been LESS fucked as an institution compared to what has always been more fucked in the Philippines - its CONSTITUTION. Specially by corrupt politicians together with their rotten lawyers all blessed with college education by Jesus. . . Poch Suzara, Expelled high school student Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Creation out of Nothing

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through." Paul Valery... If God created man in his own image and likeness, and God made everything out of nothing, then God must be made of nothing too. Is it any wonder why God is only always omniabsent, never omnipresent? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Filipino God is NOT a Filipino God, but a Jewish God

The God of the cannibals will be a cannibal, the God of the Crusaders a crusader, and the God of the Merchants a merchant. . . Ralph Waldo Emerson . . . Sadly, the God of the Filipinos is not a Filipino. He is Jesus, a Jew, born of Jewish mom and dad in a small Jewish town called Bethlehem some 2,015 years ago. Jesus has always been a lovable and a merciful kind of God to us Filipinos because Jesus rightly preached: "If any man come to me and hate NOT his father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:26. Something even more wonderful, Jesus also declared: "Think not that I came to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword." Matt. 10:34. . . Indeed, in the Philippines, as the only Jesus country in Asia since the 16th century, for the glory of Jesus, we Filipinos have no love for our mothers and father, we have no love for our brothers and sisters, we have no love for our wives and children, indeed, we have no love for our country down here. We only love Jesus, our Savior, up there!. . . In the meantime, millions upon millions of poor Filipinos hope to merit eternal salvation in heaven one day; especially by enjoying the spread of corruption, pollution, degradation, and earthly damnation here on earth!. . . I said it before, I say it again: our endless troubles as a people, and our mindless problems as a nation begin in the Filipino family derailed as it is historically by Christian values and beliefs!... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Horrors in Nature as God's Divine Plan

Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life. In the Middle Ages, when pestilence appeared in a country, holy men advised the population to assemble in churches and pray for deliverance; the result was that the infection spread with extraordinary rapidity among the crowded masses of supplicants. This was an example of love without knowledge. The late war afforded an example of knowledge without love. In each case, the result was death on a large scale... Bertrand Russell. . . In the Philippines, a powerful typhoon Yolanda hit the province of Samar, Tacloban. It destroyed billions of pesos worth in farm land, properties, and assets such as homes, hotels, schools, commercial and residential and government buildings, hospitals, roads and bridges, and also caused the death of more than ten thousand innocent Filipinos. Quite a lot of them, as inspired by the love of God, went inside damaged churches to pray for deliverance. Instead, they experienced more of the activated horrors of nature in their respective provinces as willed by God's divine plan... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Street Children in the Philippines and in the Western Countries

More than two million Children live, sleep, play, beg, eat, pee, poo in the streets of our major cities. But the real tragedy behind these horrors is not only the so-called Filipino street children. They also struggle to survive in the streets with their street mothers and fathers who have been assured daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly by Jesus: BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. In the meantime, more than 200 million children sleep in the streets of the western world. None in Cuba - a small communist country populated and managed mostly by atheists... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Democratic Freedoms

Political democratic freedoms include freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly, which includes freedom to hold meetings, marches, and demonstrations. Personal democratic freedoms include inviolability of person and home; privacy of correspondence, telephone conversations, and telegraphic communications; and freedom of conscience, or the right to profess or to decline to profess religious beliefs. Bourgeois constitutions and laws proclaim democratic freedoms but do not generally provide effective guarantees. The government has emergency powers to suspend or nullify various articles of the constitution that establish democratic freedoms. In the socialist countries the law not only recognizes the democratic freedoms of citizens but also provides material and legal guarantees for exercising them. In the Philippines, it is sad, if not pathetic. Millions of college-educated men and women only enjoy the freedom of conscience or the right to profess religious beliefs. Or worst, the freedom only to fuck but not to think. As for me, a high school expelled student, I enjoy the freedom of speech, the freedom of thought, the freedom of inquiry, the freedom to read, the freedom of expression, and the freedom to struggle for religious sanity. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Most Men love Fucking. They Hate Thinking

Men in the majority love fucking. They hate thinking. Men in the minority love thinking. I am one of those in the minority of men who love thinking much more than I love fucking. In the meantime, great thinking writers like Ernest Hemingway said it: "All thinking men are atheist." I totally agree. Atheism has more, much more to do with thinking than it does with fucking like damned fools, thoughtless jerks, and mindless saps... No doubt, one of the greatest joys in life is to feel the pleasures of sexual orgasm; but nothing beats the greatest of pleasures that I would rather experience all the time - the joys of intellectual iconoclasm. . . Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Biblical Garbage, If not Ecclesiastical Trash

God's grace is infinite love expressing itself through infinite goodness... Philippine Star ... In the Philippines, as the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century this so-called God's grace being infinite love expressing itself through infinite goodness is a lot of biblical garbage, if not ecclesiastical trash. Millions of poor Filipinos are still waiting, hoping, and praying for the Savior Jesus to arrive to remedy the ills of our sick and insane society. Especially sick with religion; and insane with superstition. . . Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Yes, Majority as against the Minority

We are so happy and proud that there are only the few atheists, agnostics,freethinkers, and heretics existing in our sick society. But what is more stupid is that we are even more proud and happy that our sick and corrupt politicians in the government; our sick and corrupt teachers in school; sick and corrupt professors in college; sick and corrupt priest, bishops, and cardinals in church all believe and have faith in God; specially the God who is always ready, willing, and able to forgive all of our sick sins and sick crimes keeping us sick as a people and corrupt as a nation.

Which System of Logic Should be Follow

A college-educated lawyer on these pages lectures me on my logic and its fallacies; while himself NOT realizing that he is the one more at home with his structural distortion, semantical deception, and substantive distraction...I ask: which system of Logic should we follow? There are so many of them in the world - the canonical logic of ancient China, the grammatical logic of ancient India, the syllogistic logic of Aristotle, the dichotomous logic of Remus, the sick logic of the sick lawyers in the Philippines; and, lastly, the mathematical logic Bertrand Russell who fathered the "computer" industry which in turn gave birth to the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. Surely, there are far more logical systems in heaven and on earth than are dreamed of by any logician... In the meantime, I ask again: where is the revealed truth revealed in the bible? How come in this 21st century, since the 1st century - man's most noble of profession is still the search of the truth since none has yet been discovered with the power of logic? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

A Qualified Leader

"A qualified leader is one who has learned to serve."... Philippine Star, Jan. 27, 2014. . . In the Philippines, however, a qualified leader is one who has learned how to be corrupt. Thanks to the power of prayer to God who is always available to forgive all of the sins and crimes of the corrupt leaders of our sick and poor country...Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook@ Google#

I Love the Fight Worth Fighting For

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. . . Mark Twain . . . For my part, I fight not only those fight that are worth fighting for; but I also love to fight enemies that are higher, taller, and greater than I am . . . How else could I bring more light and beauty and love into this world of horror, hate, and darkness if I were to fight only the Lilliputians of this world? Poch Suzara ... Twitter# Facebook# Google#

GOD LOVED THE WORLD AND LOVED THE PHILIPPINES

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16. . . Listen to Jesus: "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Matt. 19:21. . . We Filipinos today in this already 21st century are the filthy poor. We did not have to sell our possessions. It was all taken perfectly away from us; especially our own country by the Catholic Priesthood Industry. They are now the filthy rich while we filthy poor Filipinos remain as the perfect followers of Jesus. . . For my part, as a Filipino loyal to my beloved country, and as I do not care for treasures or for eternal life in heaven later after death, I thank God and His Son Jesus that I am an ATHEIST! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Without Science and Techonology

Without science and technology a nation can neither be rich nor powerful. It can only be poor and backward like the Philippines. Still stuck under a mindless religion as inspired by thoughtless theology. Indeed, in this already 21st century, we Filipinos still believe that our country is under the control of God's will and since God can be be moved with the power of prayer we acquire a share in God's divine plan as something omnipotent. Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Mockery of Law in the Philippines

There is no such thing as the Force of Law in the Philippines because the Rule of Law is mostly about the mockery of Law. . . What, however prevails in our poor and backward only Catholic country in Asia is the Rule of Lies, Deceptions, and Corruption... Under article 7 Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution, says: The president shall not be eligible for any re-election... President Gloria Arroyo run for Congress and won. President Joseph Estrada run for Mayor of Manila and won! So much for the Rule of Law. So much for the Force of Law. Only the Mockery of Law generating our sick society. But then again, why should we respect the laws of our country when our own sick lawyers who are more frightened of the Laws of God than they are brightened or enlightened with the laws of our country? Or, more to the point, why should we bother with the rule of law in our country when we have been educated to show more love, respect, and affection to the existence of the Immaculate Conception that we should with the existence of the Philippine Constitution? Poch Suzara Twitter# facebook# Google#

Sick Values as Inspired by Sick Faith

I am disappointed that not one of the correspondents asked Pope Francis these 2 questions:1) Why is it that there is such a widespread and rampant graft and corruption in the Philippines which is predominantly Catholic and where most of the leaders are Catholics? and 2) Why is it that the Catholic authorities in the Philippines hold as much as 18 billion pesos of stock investments when this could be used for alleviating poverty among poor Catholics? . . . Ben Rivera. . . The answer to both questions is because the Catholics involved are not practicing their faith. . . CV My dear Ben and CV, What about those millions of Catholics in the Philippines who are practicing their faith by perpetually being SILENT of the sins and the crimes committed by fellow-Catholics who are the leaders of the Catholic Church and the leaders of our Catholic government? . . . Indeed, man of faith is not only one who clings to lies and deceptions, but is also like a drunkard who clings to a lamppost for support, not illumination. . . Now I am told that as atheists, we too have "faith." That we have faith in reason and faith in mankind. NO! We atheists have no "faith." What we feel from what we perceive we don't call faith. We know that humankind has to rely on itself. Nothing or nobody is going to help solve our human problems and troubles. If we don't do it, it isn't going to be done. And, we know further than that: - we cannot guess at the answers. We must try to analyze, to comprehend, to grasp intellectually and to move reasonably by taking all the factors into consideration. We atheists are always in the habit of questioning EVERYTHING! After all, questions are always far more precious than the answers because the answers, in time, become obsolete! . . . Poch Suzara

8 Atheist and Agnostic Scientists Who Changed the World

8 Atheist and Agnostic Scientists Who Changed the World. . . Non-believers are among our most respected and beloved heroes. . . By Greta Christina from Google. . . It's common knowledge -- or it should be -- that atheists are among the most reviled and mistrusted groups in America. We consistently come in at the bottom of polls about who Americans would vote for, who they would trust, who they want to marry into their families, who they think shares their view of how the world should be. . . But it's also the case that non-believers -- not atheists as a group, but certain individual atheists and other non-believers -- are among our most respected and beloved heroes. Not everyone knows that these people aren't religious, of course... but they're not. And scientists are among the most admired of those heroes. Maybe it's because scientists are more likely to be non-believers than the general population... and the more advanced in their field they are, the more true that becomes. Or maybe it's because great scientists -- American or not -- embody the old-fashioned American values of exploration and curiosity, the willingness to question and the passion for truth, persistence in pursuing dreams and courage in the face of adversity. (These values aren't uniquely American, of course -- but when people gas on about the American character, these ideals do tend to turn up in the conversation.). . . So here are eight non-believing or agnostic scientists, whose work and lives and stories can inspire anyone -- atheist, religious, or other. . . 1) Stephen Hawking. What can I say? Dude can think. Dude is revising the entire way we think of the universe. Dude is on the cutting edge of explaining why the universe even exists. And dude doesn't believe in a personal God. He has written an entire book, The Grand Design, explaining that God isn't necessary to explain the origins of the universe. Quote: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going." He has described the most important point of his book as being "that science can explain the universe, and that we don't need God to explain why there is something rather than nothing or why the laws of nature are what they are." He has said that, "The scientific account is complete. Theology is unnecessary." And he can be quite passionate on the subject: he's said that belief in Heaven or an afterlife "is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark." And no, he's not inspiring because he's disabled, and disabled people are here on Earth to overcome adversity and be courageous and give inspiration to the rest of us. Fuck that noise. Yes, of course, overcoming adversity is awesome. But Hawking would be inspiring if he came up with his ideas while doing one-handed push-ups. . . 2) Alan Turing. He's been called the founder of computer science, and the founder of artificial intelligence. The fact that you're reading these words on a computer -- the fact that you can send email, text your loved ones in an emergency, do your banking in seconds instead of hours, use your phone to look up weird facts at bars, and have access to every other way that computers have radically shaped and improved our lives -- is something you owe, in large part, to Alan Turing. But even more inspiring is the work he did cracking German codes during World War II. The cryptanalysis of the Enigma machines used by the Axis was "decisive to the Allied victory" -- those are the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower. And Turing was one of the most brilliant and most central people responsible for it. Turing's story is actually pretty sad. Despite the years of devoted work he did for his country -- work that arguably saved his country -- Turing was prosecuted for homosexuality (a crime at the time in England). He was given a choice between prison and chemical castration; chose the latter; and committed (probable) suicide two years later. The way he was treated by his country was despicable and tragic. But his story is also inspiring. And it gives the lie to the ridiculous notion that, without belief in God, people would have no meaning to their lives, no basis for ethics, and no reason to care about anyone other than themselves. Turing was an atheist -- he let go of his religion as a teenager, when a close friend died of tuberculosis and he decided materialism made more sense than religion -- and he devoted years of his life to his country, and to halting the spread of fascism. . . 3) Rosalind Franklin. Rosalind Franklin's story is also a bit sad. A researcher in biophysics, her work was crucial in Watson and Crick's discovery of the DNA double helix structure. In fact, according to Francis Crick, her data was "the data we actually used" to formulate their hypothesis about the structure of DNA. But her data was obtained under less than ideal circumstances, by Watson and Crick without her knowledge, and she died without ever being properly credited for the work she did. But she's an inspiration as well. I mean... DNA. Come on. It's one of the most fundamental ways we have of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. She made understanding it possible. And she did this at a time when it was exceedingly difficult for women to even get into science, much less do groundbreaking, earth-shaking, brain-rearranging work in it. And yes. Big old non-believer. From one of her letters: "I agree that faith is essential to success in life ... but I do not accept your definition of faith, i.e. belief in life after death. In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success and that success in our aims (the improvement of the lot of mankind, present and future) is worth attaining ... I maintain that faith in this world is perfectly possible without faith in another world." . . . 4) Neil deGrasse Tyson. I was a little reluctant to include Tyson in this list. Tyson doesn't call himself an atheist, he calls himself an agnostic, since he associates the word "atheist" with "activist atheist," and generally resists being identified with the atheist movement or any other "ism." (For the record: I think his definition of atheism is inaccurate and overly narrow.) But this isn't a list of inspiring atheist scientists. It's a list of inspiring non-believing scientists. Tyson is definitely a non-believer. In fact, his agnosticism, as he describes it, is pretty much indistinguishable from most atheists' atheism. And he's definitely inspiring. The fact that he's director of the Hayden Planetarium -- and that this is among the least well-known of his accomplishments -- is a good sign of just how awesome he is. He may be the best science communicator of our generation. He is extraordinary at explaining science to non-scientists, in a way that isn't patronizing or dumbing-down. He makes science seem exciting, fun, important, moving, joyful. All of which it is. And he communicates this joy to millions. . . 5) Alfred Kinsey. In the face of vehement hostility and vilification -- including a congressional investigation that resulted in loss of funding for his research -- biologist Alfred Kinsey dedicated his life to a scientific, evidence-based understanding of human sexuality. With its frank discussion of the realities and prevalence of homosexuality, bisexuality, premarital sex, extramarital sex, masturbation and more, his research radically changed the way we understand and experience our sex lives. And it both broke the ground and laid the groundwork for every scientific study of human sexuality since. Kinsey's passionate pursuit of truth, even when it defied convention; his passionate commitment to the advancement of knowledge that could demolish toxic misinformation about sex; his passionate devotion to the promotion of human happiness in some of the most pragmatic, down-to-earth ways imaginable... this can inspire us all. . . 6) Eugenie Scott. This woman kicks ass and takes names. Specifically, she kicks the asses and takes the names of people who are trying to teach religious creationism in the public schools. An anthropologist by training and trade, since 1987 she has been executive director of the National Center for Science Education -- the leading organization working to keep evolution and climate science in public school science education, and working to keep creationism and climate change denial out of it. If you have kids in the public schools, she has dedicated her life to ensuring they get an actual, evidence-based science education -- and to ensuring that their religious training is left up to you, and isn't in the hands of the government. Like Neil deGrasse Tyson Eugenie Scott doesn't call herself an atheist. Instead, she calls herself a non-theist and humanist, and has said, "I believe there is nothing beyond matter and energy." That's plenty good enough for this list. Another non-believer who works like crazy to make this world a better place -- and who can inspire anyone to do the same. . . 7) Andrei Sakharov. Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, and was one of the developers of the Soviet atomic bomb. I know. Less than inspiring. But he is far better known as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist, free speech advocate, courageous dissident against Soviet repression, and tireless opponent of human rights violations everywhere. As a result of his writing and activism, he was stripped of his job, publicly denounced by the government, robbed of manuscripts by the KGB, arrested, internally exiled to Gorky, and force-fed during a hunger strike. He continued with his activism nonetheless... literally until the day he died. And... oh, yeah. Atheist. The child of a pious mother and a passionately atheist father, Sakharov became an atheist at age 14, and remained one for the rest of his life. In 1988 he was given the International Humanist Award by the International Humanist and Ethical Union. . . 8) Thomas Edison. Betcha didn't know this one was an non-believer! Well, he was. Quote: "I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God." Quote: "So far as religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake... Religion is all bunk." Quote: "I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul....I am an aggregate of cells, as, for instance, New York City is an aggregate of individuals. Will New York City go to heaven?....No; nature made us -- nature did it all -- not the gods of the religions." I assume I don't have to explain why Thomas Edison is inspiring. So the next time someone tells you atheists have no morality... tell them about Andrei Sakharov. The next time someone tells you atheists have no meaning in their lives... tell them about Stephen Hawking. The next time someone tells you atheists don't care about anyone but themselves... tell them about Eugenie Scott. and Alfred Kinsey. The next time someone tells you atheists have no reason to work for the greater good... tell them about Alan Turing and Neil deGrasse Tyson. The next time someone tells you atheists can't change the world for the better... tell them about Rosalind Franklin and Thomas Edison. Atheists aren't just your neighbors and colleagues. We're not just your friends and family. Atheists are your heroes. And whether you're religious or not, atheists can inspire anyone. . . Poch Suzara

God and Godzilla

Asking an atheist if he is angry with God is like asking a Japanese if he is angry with Godzilla? Poch Suzara, Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Reality Is Superior than Ideas - Pope Francis

Reality is superior than ideas. --- Pope Francis. --- I totally agree; especially when the reality behind Christianity is superior to the ideas behind social insanity or political stupidity as they are in the Philippines - the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century. --- Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

JESUS CHRIST as a FALSE MESSIAH

Jesus Christ is a False Messiah According to Jesus’ admissions, as well as the Bible’s prophecies, Jesus of Nazareth could not have been the Messiah. This of course, would invalidate Christianity as we know it. The compilation presented here shall be split in three sections. The first shall be the biblical prophecies that were made in order to identify the messiah, which Jesus does not fulfill. The second shall be the prophecies that Christians use to say that Jesus was the Messiah, yet they clearly fail. The third set shall be the prophecies and statements Jesus made yet they are false and have never came true. Prophecies to Identify the Messiah, Which Jesus Does Not Fulfill: 1) Matthew 1:23 says that Jesus (the messiah) would be called Immanuel, which means "God with us." Yet no one, not even his parents, call him Immanuel at any point in the bible. 2) The Messiah must be a physical descendant of David (Romans 1:3 & Acts 2:30). Yet, how could Jesus meet this requirement since his genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 show he descended from David through Joseph, who was not his natural father because of the Virgin Birth. Hence, this prophecy could not have been fulfilled. 3) Isaiah 7:16 seems to say that before Jesus had reached the age of maturity, both of the Jewish countries would be destroyed. Yet there is no mention of this prophecy being fulfilled in the New Testament with the coming of Jesus, hence this is another Messiah prophecy not fulfilled. Prophecies Christians Use to Verify Jesus as the Messiah, Yet Clearly Fail: 4) The gospels (especially Matthew 21:4 and John 12:14-15) claim that Jesus fulfills the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. But the next few verses (Zechariah 9:10-13) show that the person referred to in this verse is a military king that would rule "from sea to sea". Since Jesus had neither an army nor a kingdom, he could not have fulfilled this prophecy. 5) Matthew (Matthew 2:17-18) quotes Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:15), claiming that it was a prophecy of King Herod’s alleged slaughter of the children in and around Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus. But this passage refers to the Babylonian captivity, as is clear by reading the next two verses (Jeremiah 31:16-17), and, thus, has nothing to do with Herod’s massacre. 6) John 19:33 says that during Jesus’ crucifixion, the soldiers didn’t break his legs because he was already dead. Verse John 19:36 claims that this fulfilled a prophecy: "Not a bone of him shall be broken." But there is no such prophecy. It is sometimes said that the prophecy appears in Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12 & Psalm 34:20. This is not correct. Exodus 12:46 & Numbers 9:12 are not prophecies, they are commandments. The Israelites are told not to break the bones of the Passover lamb, and this is all it is about. And Psalm 34:20 seems to refer to righteous people in general (see verse Psalm 34:19, where a plural is used), not to make a prophecy about a specific person. 7) "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." Hosea 11:1. Matthew (Matthew 2:15) claims that the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt is a fulfillment of this verse. But Hosea 11:1 is not a prophecy at all. It is a reference to the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and has nothing to do with Jesus. Matthew tries to hide this fact by quoting only the last part of the verse ("Out of Egypt I have called my son"). 8) "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2 The gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:5-6) claims that Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem fulfills this prophecy. But this is unlikely for two reasons. A) "Bethlehem Ephratah" in Micah 5:2 refers not to a town, but to a clan: the clan of Bethlehem, who was the son of Caleb’s second wife, Ephrathah (1 Chronicles 2:18, 2:50-52 & 4:4). B) The prophecy (if that is what it is) does not refer to the Messiah, but rather to a military leader, as can be seen from Micah 5:6. This leader is supposed to defeat the Assyrians, which, of course, Jesus never did. It should also be noted that Matthew altered the text of Micah 5:2 by saying: "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah" rather than "Bethlehem Ephratah" as is said in Micah 5:2. He did this, intentionally no doubt, to make this verse appear to refer to the town of Bethlehem rather than the family clan. Statements Jesus Made Which Are False: 9) Jesus in John 14:12 & Mark 16:17-18 said: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." This implies that Jesus’ true followers should be able to routinely perform the following tricks: 1) cast out devils, 2) speak in tongues, 3) take up serpents, 4) drink poisons without harm, and 5) cure the sick by touching them and MANY other of Jesus’ "works". Curiously I have yet to see a Christian that can do any of the above on demand. 10) In John 14:13-14 Jesus stated: "And whatsoever ye ask in my name I do, that the Father may be glorified in the son. If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it." In reality, millions of people have made millions of requests in Jesus’ name and failed to receive satisfaction. This promise or prophecy has failed completely. 11) Paul says Christianity lives or dies on the Resurrection (1 Corinthian 15:14-17). Yet Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that he would be buried three days and three nights as Jonah was in the whale three days and three nights. Friday afternoon to early Sunday morning is only one and a half days, so he could not have been the messiah by his own and Paul’s admission. 12) Jesus’ prophecy in John 13:38 ("The cock shall not crow, till thou [Peter] hast denied me three times") is false. Mark 14:66-68 shows the cock crowed after the first denial, not the third. 13) In Mark 10:19 Jesus said: "Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother." Jesus needs to re-read the Ten Commandments. There is no Old Testament commandment against defrauding. The only relevant statement about defrauding is in Leviticus 19:13 , which says : "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor." This is an OT law, but is not listed with the Ten Commandments. Surely, if Jesus was god incarnate he would know the commandments. 14) "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven" (John 3:13). If Jesus is in heaven, how can he be down on earth speaking? Moreover, according to 2 Kings 2:11 ("and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven") Jesus was not the only person to ascend into heaven, nor was he the first. Elijah preceded him and apparently Enoch did also ("And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him"--Genesis 5:24). 15) In Luke 23:43 Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." This obviously has to be false, for Jesus was supposed to lay dead in the tomb for three days following his crucifixion. 1 6) Jesus says : "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy" (Matthew 5:43). This statement does not exist in the OT either. In fact, Proverbs 24:17 says, "Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth…" 17) Jesus is reported to say: "The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it" (Luke 16:16). Certainly every man is not pressing to enter the kingdom of God. The very fact that I am an atheist (one third of the world’s population does not believe in a god) proves this verse to be false. 18) "Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?" (Matthew 12:5) Nowhere does the OT state that the priests in the temple profaned the Sabbath and were considered blameless. 19) "Yea; have ye never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise'" (Matthew 21:16). Jesus is quoting Psalm 8:2, which says, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies…". "Perfect praise" has little to do with "ordaining strength because of thine enemies." Another misquotation! 20) "But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him" (Mark 9:13). There are no prophecies in the OT of things that were to happen to Elijah. Jesus, in all his "God incarnate" wisdom, contradicts himself: 21) Jesus consistently contradicts himself concerning his Godly status. "I and my father are one." (John 14:28) Also see Philippians 2:5-6 Those verses lead us to believe that he is a part of the trinity and equal to his father being a manifestation of him. Yet, Jesus also made many statements that deny he is the perfect men, much less God incarnate. Take the following for example: "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God" (Matthew 19:17). "My father if greater then I." (John 14:28) Also see Matthew 24:26 Clearly, Jesus is denouncing the possibility of him being the Messiah in those three verses. 22) Jesus said, "whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matthew 5:22). Yet, he himself did so repeatedly, as Matthew 23:17-19 and Luke 11:40 & 12:20 show. Clearly Jesus should be in danger of hell too? 23) Does Jesus support peace, or war? Matthew 5:39 "Resist not evil, but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Also note Matthew 6:38-42 & 26:52 where Jesus teaches non-resistance, Non-violence. Now read (Luke 22:36-37) Where Jesus commands people to take arms for a coming conflict. (John 2:15) Jesus uses a whip to physically drive people out of the temple. 24) Matthew 15:24 Jesus said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of lsrael,". This would of course mean that he is here only to save the Jews. The scriptures repeatedly back up this notion that Christ is savior to the Jews and not the gentiles (see Romans 16:17, Revelations 14:3-4 & John 10). The contradiction lies in what Jesus later tells his followers: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations" (Matthew 28:19). 25) Can we hate our kindred? Luke 14:26 Jesus says "If any man come unto me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brother, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple." John 3:15 "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer." Also see Ephesians 6:22, 5:25, & Matthew 15:4 26) Even many of the staunchest defenders of Jesus admit that his comment in Matthew 10:34 ("I came not to send peace but a sword") contradicts verses such as Matthew 26:52 ("Put up again thy sword into his place: for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword"). 27) Deuteronomy 24:1 & 21:10-14 all say that divorce is allowed for the simple reason if a "man no longer delighteth in his wife". Yet Jesus comes along and breaks his father’s law by saying in Matthew 5:32 that adultery is the only way one can be divorced. 28) In Mark 8:35 Jesus said: "...but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s the same shall save it." How could Jesus have said this when there was no gospel when he lived? The gospel did not appear until after his death. 29) Matthew 6:13 Jesus recites a revised prayer and states, "Don’t bring us into temptation." God is the cause of everything, even Satan. God has been leading people into temptation since the Garden of Eden. Otherwise, the trees of life and knowledge would have never been there. 30) Matthew 12:1-8 Jesus thinks it’s okay to break his father’s laws, by breaking the Sabbath day. He states that he is basically exempt for such fiascoes and that he is Master of the Sabbath. 31) John 3:17 Jesus contradicts himself when he says, "God didn’t send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it." Jesus seems to forget his own stories. 32) James 4:3 If your prayers are not answered, it’s your own damned fault. This is in direct contradiction to where Jesus says "seek and ye shall find, ask and it shall be known to you". 33) "If Jesus bears witness of himself his witness is true" John 8:14, "If I bear witness of myself it is not true." John 5:31 34) "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20), versus "For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always" (Matthew 26:11 , Mark 14:7, John 12:8) and "Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am thither ye cannot come" (John 7:34). Is this the kind of friend one can rely on? 35) "And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her" (Mark 10:11 & Luke 6:18), versus "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" (Matthew 19:9). In the book of Matthew, Jesus said a man could put away his wife if one factor-- fornication--is involved. In Mark and Luke he allowed no exceptions. 36) Jesus is quoted: "Judge not, and ye shall be not judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven" (Luke 6:37 & Matthew 7:1), versus "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Jesus stated men are not to judge but, then, allowed it under certain conditions. As in the case of divorce, he can’t seem to formulate a consistent policy. 37) "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46, (also note the time before crucification where Jesus prays for the "cup to passeth over me") versus "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, for this purpose I have come to this hour" (John 12:27 RSV). Jesus can’t seem to decide whether or not he wants to die. One moment he is willing; the next he isn’t. 38) In Luke 23:30 ("Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us, and to the hills, cover us") Jesus quoted Hosea 10:8 ("...and they shall say to the mountains, cover us; and to the hills, fall on us"). And, like Paul, he often quoted inaccurately. In this instance, he confused mountains with hills. 39) "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they know him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist" (Matthew 17:11-13). John the Baptist was beheaded, but Jesus was not. And what did John the Baptist restore? Nothing! 40) We are told salvation is obtained by faith alone (John 3:18 & 36) yet Jesus told a man to follow the Commandments-Matthew 19:16-18 (saving by works)-if he wanted eternal life. 41) In Luke 12:4 Jesus told his followers to "Be not afraid of them that kill the body." But Matthew 12:14-16, John 7:1, 8:59, 10:39, 11:53-54, & Mark 1:45 show that Jesus consistently feared death. Jesus went out of his way to hide, run, and attempt escape from the Roman and Jewish authorities. 42) Matthew 5:28 says to sin in "your heart" is considered a sin in itself. The messiah is supposed to be God incarnate, not able to sin, yet in Matthew 4:5 & Luke 4:5-9, Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert, which is sinning in his heart. Jesus also took upon all the sins of the world during his crucifixion, so how can it be said that "Jesus was the perfect man without sin"? This would lead one to believe he was not the Messiah. 43) Jesus told us to "Love your enemies; bless them that curse you," but ignored his own advice by repeatedly denouncing his opposition. Matthew 23:17 ("Ye fools and blind"), Matthew 12:34 ("0 generation of vipers"), and Matthew 23:27 (". . . hypocrites . . . ye are like unto whited sepulchres. . .") are excellent examples of hypocrisy. 44) Did the people of Jesus’ generation see any signs? (Matthew 12:38-40) Jesus announced that no signs would be given to that generation except the Resurrection itself. (Mark 8:12-13) Jesus announced that no signs would be given to that generation. (Mark 16:20) They went out preaching, and the Lord confirmed the word through accompanying signs. (John 20:30) Jesus provided many wonders and signs. (Acts 2:22) Jesus provided many wonders and signs. (Acts 5:12 & 8:13) many signs and wonders were done through the apostles. 45) Jesus commands the disciples to go into Galilee immediately after the resurrection. Matthew 28:10 Jesus commands the disciples to "tarry in Jerusalem" immediately after the resurrection. 46) Matthew 28:18 & John 3:35 both tell that Jesus said he could do anything. Yet Mark 6:5 says Jesus was not all powerful. 47) Jesus says in Luke 2:13-14 that he came to bring peace on earth. Matthew 10:34 Jesus back peddles and says he did not come to bring peace on earth. 48) Did Christ receive testimony from man? "Ye sent unto John and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man." John 5:33-34 "And ye shall also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." John 15:27 49) Christ laid down his life for his friends. John 15:13 & 10:11 Christ laid down his life for his enemies. Romans 5:10 50) Deuteronomy 23:2 says that bastards can not attend church unto the tenth generation. If Jesus was spawned by Mary and Jehovah as the Bible claims then he is technically a bastard and should not be the leader of the church. Poch Suzara

God is Full of Surprises

God is full of Surprises! Let's allow ourselves to be surprised by God." --- Pope Francis. . . Yea, let's allow God to be OMNIABSENT no more. Let's all be surprised with God now only OMNIPRESENT! In this way, we can hear straight from God explaining to us contents written in the holy bible. We need to hear no more from such religious charlatans, nay, religious morons such as from Bro. Eli Soriano, Bro. Apollo Quiboloy, Bro. Mike Velarde, Bro. Bo Sanchez, Bro, Eddie Villanueva, Bro. Eduardo Manalo, etc explaining to us daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly what's written by sick authors in the sick holy bible!--- Poch Suzara twitter# Facebook# Google#

Life's Greatest Joy

"Life's greatest joy is the sure hope of heaven." Philippine Star, Jan. 20, 2015... We atheists, however, have a far more delightful kind of joy in life: we enjoy trying our best to leave this world one day as a better place than how we found it; not necessary in the material, but in the humanitarian sense. Indeed, we atheists are more into the pleasures of lively analysis. We have no taste in life to be miserable or to be frightened with deadly paralysis! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Pray for me - Pope Francis

Pray for me! Pope Francis. I ask: is God really that emotionally unstable since he refuses to listen even to the prayers of Pope Francis, His own Vicar, His own head of the Catholic church on earth? To begin with, since biblical times, billions of Catholics have never ceased to pray daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly to God even as God has always been in the habit of being only always OMNIABSENT, never OMNIPRESENT? I ask: we must pray to God for the Pope so that he will accomplish what for us poor Filipinos living in the Philippines - the poorest and most backward only Catholic country in Asia? . . . Isn't it enough for God since we already believe and have faith that God is "divine," "almighty," "eternal," "everlasting," "most merciful," "most compassionate," "most loving," "most righteous," and countless other complimentary words. Wow God, why are you never satisfied? What kind of a God are you? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Filipinos are Not Even Among the Chosen People of God

"So many of you have lost everything. I don’t know what to say to you. But the Lord does know what to say to you. Some of you have lost part of your families. All I can do is keep silence and walk with you all with my silent heart. Many of you have asked the Lord – why lord? And to each of you, to your heart, Christ responds with his heart from the cross. I have no more words for you. Let us look to Christ. He is the Lord. He understands us because he underwent all the trials that we, that you, have experienced." - Pope Francis

Oh my dear Pope Francis, as the Vicar of Jesus, I hope you were just being facetious. How could we Filipinos ever experienced the same trials of Jesus? Dead Filipinos have no ability to resurrect themselves back to life like Jesus did? We poor Filipinos have no ability to walk on water like they could have during the Yolanda flood destruction? We Filipinos do not know how to cure leprosy; or how to feed the hungry multitude; or, how to change water into wine like Jesus did! In the meantime, where is Jesus? How come he has not as yet delivered his promise to return to earth? A promised He made several times to His flock as written in the bible some 2,000 years ago! As you are the Vicar of Jesus, aren't you in constant communication with Jesus - your superior in heaven? How come past Popes, the Vicars of Christ like you are only declaring as well that Jesus will soon be returning to be with us? As a 10 year old boy, my 90 year old great grandmother was proudly telling me to believe that Jesus will be arriving any day now! She herself believed it because her own great grandmother told her to believe it too! My grade school and high school teachers of some 65 years ago told me to believe and have faith in the same thing. So where is Jesus? Ever since Christianity arrived to conquer the Philippines into submission in the 16th century, more than a BILLION Filipinos have already lived and died. Among these already dead are our loved ones - our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins, in-laws, friends, teachers, professors, and associates - all devoted to God as they all loved and had strong faith in Jesus while they lived here in the Philippines. Aren't these Filipino souls manifesting more love and more faith to Jesus in heaven today? Is Jesus not yet satisfied with such love, faith and devotion? So much so that Jesus needs more love and more faith and devotion from those of us poor Filipinos still living today in this poor and backward 3rd world country as the only Catholic country in Asia today?

 My dear Pope Francis - why do you say that within our "problems" (street children, the homeless, jobless, and prostitution) as a poor and sick people; and, within our "troubles" ( sick, greedy, selfish, insane, and corrupt politicians of the State as a backward 3rd World country - "Jesus is with us!" I ask: isn't there something corruptible and destructible of a people historically sustained with comfortable myths? Indeed, of a people perpetually sustained with concealed falsehood rather than guided with the revealed truth? In this day and age, more referred to as the 21st century, I said it before, I say it again: the desire to understand our country and the desire to reform its historical horrors are the two great engines of growth as a people, and development as a nation without which we Filipinos will just continue to be famous worldwide as the Poor and Sick Man of Asia eternally in desperate need of a Savior! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

In the Middle Ages and in this Already 21st Century

Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life. In the Middle Ages, when pestilence appeared in a country, holy men advised the population to assemble in churches and pray for deliverance; the result was that the infection spread with extraordinary rapidity among the crowded masses of supplicants. This was an example of love without knowledge. The late war afforded an example of knowledge without love. In each case, the result was death on a large scale. - Bertrand Russell . . . In the Philippines, the most destructive typhoon Yolanda in the Eastern Visayas destroyed billions of pesos worth in farm land, properties, and assets such as homes, hotels, schools, commercial and residential buildings, hospitals, roads and bridges, and also the death of thousands of innocent Filipinos. Quite a lot of them, as inspired by the power of prayer, went inside damaged or ruined churches to pray for deliverance. Instead, they experienced the activated horrors of nature in their respective provinces as willed by God's divine plan. . . - Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Revealed Truth Producing Hate, Conflicts, and Wars

There are so many interpretations of the truth revealed in the bible that produced more than tens of thousands sects of Christianity. Each laughing, or worse - hating the faith of others. But is there any of you aware of the different interpretations of the truth revealed in the Multiplication Table? Have any of you ever heard of one hating others for not believing that 2 + 2 = 4? Or, have any of you ever heard of a nation declaring war on another nation because they do not believe that 1 + 1 = 2? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Born Again Nonsense

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You[d] must be born again.’ 8 The wind[e] blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:3-8. . . In other words, it does not matter what church you belong to, if you are not Born again, you are not saved! Wow John, how come you and your gang - all inspired authors of God did not know that no child is born with a religion? Every child, when born, fresh out of the uterus, is an atheist. All babies are born devoid of faith. No baby is born as a Muslim, or a Jew, or a catholic, a Baptist, or a Hindu. All babies are born free and then lied to by the elders around them - the frightened victims, not the enlightened masters, - of religion. If there is any truth in the real nature of our birth is that we can only be "Born Again Atheists" as we all originally arrived into this world as atheists... Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Oh My Dear Pope Francis

"One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith," he said. "There is a limit. Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits." Pope Francis . . . Oh my dear Pope Francis, are you then saying that a mentally sick teacher has the freedom to teach children to believe in his sick religion; but the children, with neither the emotional capacity nor the intellectual ability to question such teachings should also have no right or no freedom to ridicule such religious nonsense when they grow up? For my part, I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Especially in the freedom of speech. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't allow me the freedom to fight for my freedom to think, I say to hell with that silly religion. . . . Oh my dear Pope Francis, a lot of my friends, relatives, and associates are shocked by my reputation as the Father of Atheism in the Philippines. I must say, however, that as soon as I see Bro. Eli Soriano, Bro. Apollo Quiboloy, Bro. Mike Velarde, Bro. Eddie Villanueva, Bro. Bo Sanchez, Bro. Eduardo Manalo of Iglesia Ni Cristo, the catholic bishops, and the heads of the Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist, Mormon, Unitarian, Anglican, Lutheran, Evangelical church, including the heads of the Islam religion, the heads of Judaism, etc. - all stop insulting, if not always making fun of each other's faith, nay, insulting each other's religious beliefs - then I will also once again begin to believe in the existence of God - specially if such a God begins to be not always omni-absent; but only always omnipresent! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Despite the Power of Prayer, we Remain Poor and Backward as a 3rd World country

"Prayer is the child's helpless cry to the Father's attentive ear." Philippine Star, Jan. 15, 2015. . . Prayers have been said and still are being said daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly for more than 400 years now in the our poor and backward country. The results thus far is that our country continue to remain poor and backward as a 3rd World country. We Filipinos are still sick and crying as a people; and, we are still sick and crying as a nation. . . Consider in the same Philippine Star today. It reports on the visit of Pope Francis and how this foreigner, the Head of a foreign State have been flooded with interviews with appeals for papal intervention when he is here visiting the Philippines. For my part, as an atheist, I said it before, I say it again: If our system of education works; if our church works; if our government works; indeed, if our values and beliefs make sense at all because they work - at this time, in this already 21st century we Filipinos should have already grown strong with self-respect as a decent people; and, we should have already developed economically strong with dignity as a decent nation! Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

Inherit What Wind

"Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart." Prov. 11:29. What about the millions of poor Filipinos who have neither homes nor lawyers to defend them - what do they inherit as they are the fools and the servants of the filthy rich Catholic bishops who live in expensive palaces in the Philippines? Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google

All Men are Created Equal, really? By Whom?

All men are created equal; but they differ greatly as to which God created such men. Men differ in Christian countries. Men differ in Muslim countries. They all do, however, equally hate each other for the glory of Allah in Muslim countries; and, on the hand, hate each other for the glory of God in Christian countries. In the Philippines, however, for as long as we Filipinos all hate each other for the glory of Jesus on earth, as He is in heaven, we all must believe that God created all Filipinos equal, specially, to be equally sick as a people, and to be equally corrupt as a nation. . . Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#

The Great Quotes by Great Lawyers I love, Respect, and Admire

Think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt... There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court... I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of." ... "The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, strong in their opinion, never doubting." - Atty. Clarence Darrow "Without free speech no search for truth, no discovery of truth is useful...I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl though your life upon your knees, while I stride mine with my feet." - "Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid."`- Atty. Charles Bradlaugh "Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know — the Church does neither.”... "If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane"... "In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous." . . . Atty. Robert Green Ingersoll