The Heretics and Freethinkers and Atheists - They change the World

“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.”  - - - Jonathan Swift

"Far from censoring offensive speech, a vibrant and diverse society should encourage it . . . 

For it is the heretics who take society forward. . . Every scientific or social advance worth having began by outraging the conventions of its time."  - - - Kenan Malik

                                              

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who 

do.” - - - Steve Jobs

In the Philippines, a Filipino crazy enough to think he can change the Philippines is known to have been expelled out of high school, and thought to be insane, vulgar, and insulting, and full of venom and hate - me! 

Well, I am already 80 years old, a senior citizen, and am ready to go. I only hope that after I am dead, buried, and gone - others will carry on what I can no longer do in changing the Philippines into a more decent place to live in, think for, and work at without having to fear the sick politicians behind the sick government always in cahoots with the sick priesthood industry behind the sick and insane religion. - - - Poch Suzara

COMMUNISM or CATHOLICISM - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

If "Communism" solved all human woe, then the Soviet Union would have been an empire of joy and dancing bunnies instead of the land of corpses.  - - - John C. Wright

If Catholicism solved all problems of Filipinos as a people; and, solved all troubles of the Philippines as a nation - we Filipinos in this already 21st century need no longer be living like sick believers or like frightened followers in this only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century. - - - Poch Suzara, Google, Facebook, Atheists

                                                         

Life After Death is a Sick Joke

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he 

that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

²⁶ And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. 

 Believest thou this? - - - John 11:25-26

Sadly, millions of Filipinos, have been taught to believe in the power of prayer. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, millions of Filipinos faithfully pray to " holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen."

After death, however, even if one were still alive in spirit, I ask: with what eyes shall we see; with what ears shall we hear; with what nose shall we smell; with what palate shall we taste; with what skin shall we feel; with what sexual organ shall we have sex; and indeed, with what brain shall we be able to think?

In the final analysis, we do not die partially. We do not die temporarily. We die entirely and, indeed, die permanently. Nothing is more evident to him who is not delirious. The human body, after death, is but a mass of meat, incapable of producing any movement the union of which constitute life. We no longer see circulation, respiration, digestion, reflection, or the freedom of confusion. Nothing is more natural and more simple than to believe that the dead man is no more. There is nothing more absurd than to believe that the dead man is still alive.

H. L. Mencken, with much alacrity, summarized neatly for all of us to clearly see: "Immortality is the condition of a dead man who does not believe that he is already dead."

For my part, as an atheist, I said it before, I say it again: If we must die, let us die sober, and not drunk with lies. I do not regret nor do I feel sorrow at the death of a love-one,

a relative, a friend, or an associate. I am happy with the thought that the dead are already resting in peace forever and can no more be bothered with theological misconceptions, or  bothered with ecclesiastical illusions,  or with biblical delusions, or with apostolic confusions, or especially be bothered with catholic deceptions!

                                                 

In the meantime, on this earth, I would rather be a brave thinker than be a frightened believer. An atheist is a thinker who cares! If we must leave this world one day, we should, however, leave it as a better place than how we found it. 

Not necessarily in the material, but in the humanitarian 

sense. - - - Poch Suzara google, facebook, atheist Republic

Coming Out of the Closet

What is the scariest thing about coming out of the closet? Waiting for the lightning bolt to strike you dead. But it's also the best thing about coming out...there is no lightning bolt  to strike you dead! - Poch Suzara

THE GOOD LIFE HAS MORE TO DO WITH LIVELY ANALYSIS, NOT DEADLY PARALYSIS

For almost 10 years now, I have been losing, slowly and gradually, my taste for food, my appetite for sex, and my eagerness to travel. Such as to travel to a hospital for a check-up 
or to a foreign country for a visit

The joys and pleasures in life that have kept me alive have been my thoughts to provoke the thoughts of others. Once these thoughts are gone, I will be ready to be gone too. Happily and fearlessly.

I also have been losing, slowly and gradually, the belief yesterday that a God may possibly exist somewhere out there in the cosmos. Today, I am 100 % quite sure that there is no such possibility.

If I am wrong, however, I still say that if there is a God existing out there, such a God is a silly God unworthy of love, respect, affection, or admiration. - - - Poch Suzara Google, Atheist,

Bertrand Russell on Money

“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.”  - - - Bertrand Russell

It is, indeed, sad to see sons and daughters of wealthy families growing up to be occupied with nothing in life  except to make more money believing that all values must be measured in terms of money or that money is the ultimate test of success in this world.

“This belief, is held in fact, if not in words, by multitudes of men and women, and yet it is not in harmony with human nature, since it ignores vital needs and the instinctive tendency towards some specific kind of growth. It makes men treat as unimportant those of their desires which run counter to the acquisition of money, and yet such desires are, as a rule, more important to well-being than any increase of income. It leads men to mutilate their own natures from a mistaken theory of what constitutes success, and to give admiration to enterprises which add nothing to human welfare. It promotes a dead uniformity of character and purpose, a diminution in the joy of life, and a stress and strain which leaves whole communities weary, discouraged, and disillusioned.” - - - Bertrand Russell

In the Philippines, to learn not how to love our country, but to learn to believe that success in life has more to do with getting or stealing or borrowing or cheating or marrying or fucking  for money - has been and still is what our sick system of education has been and still is mostly about.

For my part, I have no money; but I am happier and richer than most men who have lots

 of money. For one thing, my needs and wants in life have very little to do with money:

I would rather be busy searching for the truth than be busy searching for money! - Poch Suzara

Death as a Fact in Nature We all Need to Accept

 
What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we think ourselves such that death seems unforgivable. We are temporary organs of the race, cells in the body of life; we die and drop away that life may remain young and strong. If we were to live forever, growth would be stifled, and youth would find no room on earth. Death, like style, is the removal of rubbish, the circumcision of the superfluous. In the midst of death life renews itself immortally. - - - Will Durant

To claim that the souls of men will be happy or unhappy after the death of the body, is to pretend that man will  be able to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to taste without a palate, to smell without a nose, and to feel without hands and without skin. Nations who believe themselves very rational, adopt, nevertheless, such ideas. - - -  Jean Meslier

Death is like taking a trip. we do not know where we are going; we only know that we shall never be coming back. Indeed, it be would be great if, after death, we could come back and live life over again. For my part, I hope to continue writing my thoughts to provoke the thoughts of my college-educated friends, associates, and relatives; specially to provoke the thoughts of teachers in school and professors in college. 

In the meantime, life is a sexuallly transmitted disease with the mortality rate of 100 per cent.
So, so what? We only live once, and I say, if we live a life that is great, once is enough. --- Poch Suzara

I Do Not Fear Death

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” - Mark Twain

               

This month April 26,  2017, I will be 80 years old. I too am looking forward to my own death coming soon. Indeed, I too do not fear 
death and just like Mark Twain, I too am looking forward to that same experience  having been dead myself for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

In the meantime, I entirely agree with Robert G. Ingersoll. He wrote: "Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others also happy."

                    

In the meantime, What is the scariest thing about coming out of the closet to be an atheist? Waiting for the lightning bolt to strike you dead. But it's also the best thing about coming out to be an atheist - there is never a lightning bolt to strike you dead!

                                                         Poch Suzara

                                    

Let's Keep the Business of Religion Profitable as Always

To master temptation, let Christ master you.

               

                                       Phil Star, 3/29,2017

For my part, as an unbeliever of the faith, I

say this is all so childish, if not all so sickening.

To master temptation we must learn to laugh at

the devil out of existence. The same old devil always cahoots with Christ to keep the business of religion as profitable as ever.

In the meantime in our sick society of poverty, misery, greed, graft, crime and corruption, there is always something to be joyful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am no longer a Catholic.

                                                     Poch Suzara

Afraid of Going to Hell

                                     

It is so sickening to hear people admit that God is a God of mercy or a God of forgiveness who nevertheless had to create hell for the atheists to go to be eternally damned and punished after death. As if they do know where exactly hell is located; or, where hell is situated. As if they also know what mode of transportation to embark on to go to hell. In the meantime, how come my dead friends, dead associates, and dead relatives already  dead are still dead and peacefully buried in the cemetery?--- Poch Suzara

"In prayer God hears more  than your words - He listens to your heart."

                                           Phil Star, March 15, 2017

WOW! What a shallow-minded God! He does give a hoot why you are such a heartless product of your frightened parents at home. 
He does not give  hoot why are you such a heartless product of your frightened teachers 
in school. He does not give a hoot why you are such a heartless product of frightened priests 
 in church. He does not give a hoot why you

are such a heartless product of a sick society made sick with values and sick beliefs.

For my part, as a man of thought, as I am an atheist, I refuse to believe in the existence of such a shallow-minded God; and if there is a God who will damn me to hell after death for being an atheist, that's his problem, not mine.

Charlie Chaplin said it: "That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves."

For my part, I say: "If we live in a troubled world, it is because of our sick prayers under our sick religious beliefs and values as inspired by the belief in the existence of a shallow-minded God."

                                                  Poch Suzara

The Power of Thought versus the Fear of Thought

There is nothing more despicable in this world than the fear of thought. However, there is also nothing more precious and delightful in this world than the power of thought. - Poch Suzara Google, Facebook, Atheist.Republic

Bertrand Russell - my Kind of God

As a little boy in school, my priest-confessor often told me that I am not a perfect being. I should therefore always kneel down and ask God for the forgiveness of my defects. Indeed, that eventual obliteration will be a better way to achieve my salvation than my need to seek reconstruction.

Bertrand Russell arrived into my life after I was lucky enough to have been expelled out of La Salle high school. He said: “No one is perfect and we should never be bothered by the fact that we are not perfect.”

Russell also taught me to question everything including his own ideas and values. He wrote: "It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly." These words have not ceased to stir my mind and heart to this day. If there were ever a thinker I have learned to love and respect – such a thinker was Bertrand Russell. Indeed, Russell saved not my silly soul; he saved, instead, something far more precious - my intelligent and lively mind.

Much to my joys and pleasures and happiness in life, it was Bertrand Russell who introduced me to love and respect as well our own great thinker - Jose Rizal. None of my teachers in school taught me to see just how great a Filipino humanist/scientists was our own Dr. Jose Rizal.

Oh, Bertrand Russell, whenever you are - thank you for teaching me intellectual courage to face the horrors in nature. And thank you as well for making me realize that

our world is infested with religious insanity as always in cahoots with political stupidity; and that life is not worth living unless we struggle to wage war to defeat such horrors - horrors that's keeping our world misguided spiritually, misdirected morally, and sick economically. - Poch Suzara

                                                            

Julia Carreon

Julia Lagoc

To

Poch Suzara

Today at 12:07

Poch, saludo ako! I've just read your 2003 (35). Wow! It will take me weeks, even months to read all the blogs. So, forget about editing fees, forget about what I wrote the other day, pasted below. Gosh, I wonder when I'll get through, reading all those thought-provoking thoughts.

I got crazy with deadlines. After my swan song of a column last December, I was resolute to come up with a novel. Up to now, the title is still afloat in my mind.

Talking of floating, hey, don't get too serious. I fly in the wings of songs many times.

Cheers!

Julia