Monicks: Unleashed

Tag: Atheists

  • Mixed traditions and happy celebrations

    Mixed traditions and happy celebrations

    I know that you know, but for the few who don’t know, or do know but won’t admit it, Christmas is the least Christian tradition of them all.

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  • I don’t think they should be able to teach religion until you’re 18 years old…

    I don’t think they should be able to teach religion until you’re 18 years old, and you know what? It would be a whole different world. Because if they weren’t pushing that shit into your head while it was still soft, you’d never buy it, not for a minute. If you’d never heard about the Bible and none of your friends had ever heard about Christianity and you just found a Bible in a used book store, oh, you’d jump right on that, wouldn’t you? ‘Oh, this sounds so logical, yes! The cave, and the ark, an oh, yeah! Hey Donny, I think I found the meaning of life here.’ No! You’d fucking chuck it in the waste basket, you would.

    — Doug Stanhope

  • Farewell, Christopher Hitchens.

    Farewell, Christopher Hitchens.

    Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011

    Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there’s nothing to be afraid of, I won’t know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid death, where I am incapacitated or imbecilic at the end which isn’t something to be afraid of, it’s something to be terrified of.

    It’s in times like this when, ironically, words just fail — it is so hard to convey some feelings. No, I was not so lucky to have met Mr. Hitchens in person, I cannot claim to know what kind of person he was, or how well he performed all of those roles each individual assumes throughout their life.

    But I did know him as a mentor, as a writer, as a delusion slayer, as an educator of the masses. I was so fortunate to have exchanged a few emails with him, such an inspiring human being.

    We knew him through his essays and books, his loudness, his brilliant rhetoric, his boldness, for his inspiring reasoning, and his amazingly blunt debate skills. He was such a pleasure to listen to.

    I remember a few months ago, he was asked in an interview, “so, you’re dying…”, He calmly smiled and said, “Yes, but so are you.” The only good thing about these announced deaths, is the opportunity we get to show the sick person how much we cherish, and appreciate them. I hope he sensed how much we treasured him and his work.

    He’s not resting in peace, he’s not in a better nor worse place, he simply is no more. Hence this feeling of irreparable loss.

    https://twitter.com/#!/Monicks/status/147557957360549888

    All that is left for us is to celebrate his time on earth, and be thankful for what he gave us, that hopefully will continue to enlighten future generations. This was a life worthy of a great celebration.

    Farewell, Hitch, you mighty warrior for rationality and reason, you! Thank you for your invaluable contribution to humanity’s enlightenment.

    This is not a tribute, I am not qualified to do that. I just needed closure.

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