Atheists have enjoyed a fairly good run in recent years.

But it might be just about over.

They have tried to organise for themselves alternatives to organised religion:

 *  one method being conferences at which negative speeches can be applauded by negative-minded audiences.

 *  another has been to dabble in “humour”. But is not an atheist comedian a contradiction in terms?

What is there to laugh about in a world that has no purpose or meaning?  Does not atheist humour turns out to be nothing but dishing out insults and mocking others’ beliefs? Few grown-ups find bitterness and sniping cute.

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In the United Sates, a group calling itself the “Freedom From Religion Foundation” has been attacking the U.S. Postal Service about its new Mother Teresa stamp.

Mother Teresa’s problem seems to be that, not only did she comfort the dying and bathe lepers – she was Catholic and opposed abortion.

A movement can’t survive on negative energy alone. To belittle beautiful deceased heroes, such as Mother Teresa, won’t work.

If atheists want to be part of a better world, they must learn to motivate themselves to promote unselfishness and love.  If they do that they will be close to God.