Why should you care about other people's personal lives? It's not like it's hurting you.

I'd appreciate it if people didn't vote me down just because they disagree with the quote.

So what? Why give them another excuse?

BLAH BLAH BLAH THIS PART IS TO MAKE IT SO I HAVE OVER 50 CHARACTERS

The positive things are ALL things which could be achieved without religion.

BTW: The morality that most religions provide are HORRIBLY immoral. EX: The Christian Bible states that anyone who curses their parents should be stoned.

Yes you can, atheism isn't a religion, it's the rejection of religion.

To quote Richard Dawkins:

“Imagine, along with John Lennon, a world with no religion. Imagine no suicide bombers, no 9/11, no 7/7, no Crusades, no witch-hunts, no Gunpowder Plot, no Indian partition, no Israeli/Palestinian wars, no Serb/Croat/Muslim massacres, no persecution of Jews as 'Christ-killers,' no Northern Ireland 'troubles,' no 'honour killings,' no shiny-suited bouffant-haired televangelists fleecing gullible people of their money ('God wants you to give till it hurts.')”

That's a different kind of faith, it's a faith that can eventually be backed up by evidence, can be supported by eye witnesses, etc. etc. There are 2 types of faith: Trust in someone (I.E. Having "faith" in a politician to do the right thing), and belief without evidence (religious faith). The instance you gave is the first one.

Also, the New Testament was written about 40 to 90 years after Jesus died. Tell me something, what's something that happened 40 years ago that you remember down to the exact word? If 40 years, how about 20? Too long? How about 10? 5? 1? 6 Months! 1 Month! Can't remember it specifically down to the exact word? Well, guess we got a problem there.

Hypocrisy, both in the Bible and shown by Christians. I'm an atheist that goes to a Christian school, and all that I see all day is "Christians" committing "sinful" acts... it's ridiculous, and it's the main thing that drove me towards atheism (along with lack of evidence). I mean, the most conservative christian girl at my school is a preppy popular girl that spends all day (I'm a guy) making fun of other people. The most conservative christian teacher at my school is the single most arrogant, judgmental, ignorant, close minded person that I've ever met.

If the Hypocrisy died down, I wouldn't hate religion as much as I do right now.

I'm having difficulty understanding what you mean by "a fraudulent device," I thought I understood when I first posted, but I now realize that I don't.

I'm hoping that it's just some d-bag that is just trying to mess with everyone but won't actually do something malicious. The chances of that are low, though. Either way, I have a macbook, and my PC (for some reason) doesn't really take many hits. That said, I'm unplugging my PC from the intarwebs right now.