Free Thought 1911/3

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Atheism

The existence or non-existence of God was once a scientific question, which he used to determine the best methods and best knowledge of science at that time. There was an argument against it, and scientifically excited mankind was tireless in clarifying even the smallest details. It was an extremely important thing, the importance and legitimacy of which was given by the psychology of evolving science. Out of the souls of humanity, exposed to and struggling with the mysteries of physical and spiritual life, the thousands of wonders of nature, a naive and violently created world system emerged whose axis, cornerstone, solution and justification were all a concept, a word: God! For his uneasy, laborious, much-researched work, his shadow covered his majesty. He is the beginning and the end, he created the world from scratch. Knows everything; sources of observation, doubt, through streams and rivers like the sea, lead to it, disappearing without trace. Instead of shreds of knowledge, it offers complete and perfect incomprehension, a sacred mystery. The uneven, diverse worlds are “covered with smooth water; the human eye cannot see its bottom. He is the tire on the body of the world that would otherwise fall apart into tiny pieces; what trouble it from them rebuild! The light emanating from his being gives a level and shape to things that can only be distinguished in the darkness. He maintains, he justifies society. Under his leadership, the world is an amazingly organized bankhouse that pays everyone fairly; but the banknotes alone bear his signature.

History, philosophy, art and morals all deal with it. They accumulate evidence for their existence, build their universe. They create their personality, describe in detail and in color their earthly and afterlife justice, which is the most truthful basis of all. He controls the actions. Hundreds of thousands of blood is drawn for the letters of his name, and the saints and martyrs profess every word that relates to him or his environment with their lives and deaths. In his name they organize churches, rule nations, and anoint kings; millions are consciously dealt with and, if the glory of his name so requires, millions are sent to death. He is the fountain of all the righteous, he alone builds all morals! And when young science first communicated his unbiased knowledge based on observation and experimentation, he stood at the center of the world's interest, which burned relentlessly on everyone who approached him.

[94] The bonfire no longer threatens science as it once did In Galilee time and the Church no longer takes science hints. It does not associate its goals and interests with the word. He doesn't insist rigidly to the scientific basis, which in its existence thanks as it begins to wobble beneath it. Not afraid of the foundation, though the building that serves him as a comfortable home. He doesn't more that the sun revolves around the earth and shows great willingness to accept the doctrine of descent. It gives it millions of years the days of creation are not bound by God and his court is original overview. God has become simpler, more retired, changed old habits; who used to be our ministers, requiem and pillars He added no weight to his number for ceremonies, understands the prayer of non-believers, resigned old wonders; they find all joy in the land possessions of their servants, they has finally found a suitable occupation. The universe even without it, the "purified" divine faith is willing to settle down in reforming it, gladly outsource heaven to either Sinus. Only when it comes to its earthly institutions does it move and then he refers to the old God hurt by his emotions, who "if it weren't, it would have to be invented". If the existing social they call to eternal morality, then they curse the blasphemy blasphemy. The church gave up the details the more you emphasize the “essence”. And really, to his saints a well-organized army of various capabilities today it is only used for charity collection He does not like to talk about God in detail; would love to banish the universe into a remote corner and not without reason; since God all-knowing. Just keep your seal. The angry mask lagra, with which the people are fed, let it be called a trademark not to be mistaken for "false" doctrines. Let him sanctify the ordinances of the state-sustaining church! The church is not arguing, it is the church evades arguments, deceives science in its field from the square to get it sideways and attack it in the name of morality

And the science of opposition when it comes to details words, even more enthusiastic, now you do not feel much in the foreign realm to the fight. He does not dare to move under the weight of his words. The knower a woman who once wrote her righteousness to the sky with her blood is a noble one capitalist science whines. He rejects the problem of God, a he does not meet him in his area. The suns and stars are invisible without a conductor, he is whistled in perfect harmony songs as they drop their pre-calculated levels. A physiologist in his textbooks there is no word about God and the Leo and what he can hear tatlanságáról. In geography, heaven or poke are in vain and even the most inviting soul does not hope to be the dé they will discover it around the corner. Geology can not be created by the world which six days should not be "literally" taken anyway The scientist refers to "taste." It shrugs when it comes to god word: "I don't know this gentleman."

But we who are fighting for enlightenment and the rights of millions of people [95] we know. We'll see him step by step. For millennia, all injustice has been done in his name, and he has sanctified all wrongdoing. He is the one who maintains the misery of the mass and the robbery of the ruling classes. He assures us that everything is fine as it is, that everyone cares about their destiny and obeys silently, without murmuring. He stands in the way of all progress, and is present in the congregation of the righteous and the brave, to discourage all noble intentions with his bold and ostentatious superiority.

Don't let yourself be frightened! We must not disappear from our eyes! He alone knows where the point is, according to the Church, which is outside the earth, but from which we can turn it out of its corners. In it, alone, is rooted in countless institutions that no one else can justify, the injustice of which could be alleviated by nothing but his actual existence. Let us not let the root dry out from under them, and then have to eradicate them one by one, but lift them all from the ground at once! In spite of all the protest of the church and of morality, of every taste, we must raise the question with unremitting energy. To what extent is today's violent social order based on the actual existence of God in a superpowered class of people ?! And then there will be no more believing and just debating religious denomination, whether there is a god or not, will no longer have everyone's private conviction, which, of course, should not be shaken by blasphemy.
Géza Helvéth

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Src: http://mtdaportal.extra.hu/szabadgondolat/1911/1911_03.pdf
Original Publication: Szabadgondolat, 1.3, March 1911
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