"Why are you so angry?"

7/27/2008 | 9:12 AM | Evolved Rationalist

I have heard this question countless times, usually from theists and creationists. I don't deny that the distortion of science by the so-called 'scientific creationists' and IDiots makes me so angry that sometimes I feel like yelling and tearing my hair out. I won't put on a big emotionless facade just for the sake of looking more 'level-headed' for the sake of other people. If speaking the truth and defending reason is considered arrogance in today's increasingly credulous world, so be it. I will not cater to or respect stupidity and superstition. My defense of science and reason is unapologetic, and if there is anyone here who has a problem with that, my advice would be to fuck off. Death threats and stalkers don't work around here.

Religion is superstition. God is a myth. Heaven and hell are silly delusions. What the world needs is a good strong dose of reality, not more 'comforting' lies.

An incident that happened recently reminded me yet again of what makes me so angry at anti-science lunatics. I was talking to a Christian and the topic inevitably turned to creation and evolution. The first thing the creationist said about the matter was "Have you visited the drdino.com website?"

I couldn't help it. I burst out laughing, but the creationist seemed oblivious and continued "How about Answers in Genesis?"

At that point, I was actually more amused and frustrated than actually angry, but what really did it was when the creationist said "Are you aware that recent scientific discoveries all point to Christianity and creation?" I could feel my blood boiling and my temper suddenly rising. I do not appreciate being treated like an ignoramus who has to be supposedly 'enlightened' that 'science' points to creationism. Most Christians don't understand that atheists have looked at religion and creationism and rejected it due to lack of evidence. Christians still think that we don't know nuts about creationism, and that we would be saved if we only visit drdino.com or AiG.

So, why am I so angry?

When I look around and see the beauty of the natural world, I think about how humans, with minds endowed by years of evolution and natural selection have finally come to understand the mechanism that has shaped us and carried us to the heights that we as the human race have achieved now. I think about human destiny and how, and if, we are able to carry ourselves into the far future.

Thinking about human destiny often makes me sad. I think about people, in the name of an imaginary god and for the sake of ignorant delusions, try to put a stop to progress and drag the human race back into the darkness of superstition. I think about the dawn of science and how far we have come since the first humans walked the face of the earth, and yet, at that very moment, my thoughts would be always interrupted by the reality of today's world. A world where ignorance, fear, prejudice and anti-science bias are on the rise. A world where people kill themselves and others for a place in a fictional paradise. A world where opposition to reason leads parents to deny medical treatment to children for conditions that science has conquered decades ago. A world where stem-cell research, with its' potential to save millions of lives, is opposed for the sake of religious myths.

Realization often dawns on me, with tears streaming down my face, that all this is merely the tip of the anti-reason iceberg. I know for certain that this is not the world I want my future children to live in.

Yes, this makes me so angry.