Atheism Should End Religion, Not Replace It - Penn Jillette

Preach it, Brother Penn!

Actually, as anyone who has spoken with me on this subject knows, I am likely not an atheist in any form. That said, I have very, very little use for most organized religion given how it exists today.

Just in the Protestant camp, the hateful things so-called religious leaders promote strikes me as anathema to anything in the Bible. As for the Catholic Church? A Hitler Youth leading a pack of unprosecuted pedophiles with the rest of them looking the other way? Nah, I may be baptized in the Church, but I'm not signing up for that.

Other religions? Honestly not much better.

So while I feel more comfortable in the camp that just chooses to do away with religion as it exists, it is nice to have hope for an afterlife. Just not with most of those currently making the case for it.