Religion -- all religions -- create a world of make-believe. Nothing in religion is related to objective reality, to science, to real life. Every religious idea you have goes on only in your head. Every bit of religion is subjective, not objective. No prayer you ever said, no outcry you ever made to god has ever been heard or answered.

• An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god.
• An Atheist accepts that heaven is something for which we should work now -- here on earth -- for all men together to enjoy.
• An Atheist accepts that he can get no help through prayer, but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple w