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UNBOWED ATHEIST
reason the enemy of belief
Unbowed
Atheist first appeared as a Demetrios Vakras
blog when 10 articles were published on 15 June
2013. These articles can still be found at http://vakras.blogspot.com.au
SLEEP OF REASON
BREEDS THEISM
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www.unbowedatheist.com
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(7/12/2014)
DIRECTORY
[gelded - re-edited, later]
latest re-edit 24 May 2018
STATEMENT
I rejected the concept of
"god" as an absurdity at age 7. The logical fallacies that
constitute the desire to believe in that which is not, that
which cannot be, and which can never be - "god" - do not
become less fallacious as time progresses. However, in 2001
some intensely pious god-believers, who faithfully followed
their religious doctrine committed mass murder on behalf of
their fantastic delusion of god (fantastic = fantasy).
Suddenly post "9/11" atheism was racism if criticism of
religion included in the ambit of that criticism, criticism of
the fantastic delusion of Islam. Apparently Allah, a being who
exists in the fantasy of one branch of theists, is a god who
though unable to exist in the realm of logic, is beyond
criticism. This too was once Christianity's stance; protecting
a chimera capable of being destroyed by the light of reason
who needed protection from reason. Until 2001 I was an atheist
with leftist inclinations. After 2001 I, as atheist, have been
declared "far right" and "racist" by critiquing Islam, as if
it is somehow different. The god-fantasy remains a fantasy
regardless of whether the fantasy is called Allah, YHWH,
Christ or Ormazd.
Demetrios Vakras, 15 June 2013
ATHEISTS PERSECUTED
WORLD-WIDE
Unreason (the irrational) is imposed by
brute force by the state using its apparatus, the judiciary.
This, referred to as "rule of law", is enforced with
fanatical zeal by a judiciary whose powers are not limited
by the law of the state.
ATHEIST PERSECUTION IN
AUSTRALIA
The judiciary is one of the three "Arms" of Government
("Branches" in the USA). In Australia the judiciary's
obligation to religion is expressed in multiple instances and
is implemented by the courts by stealth. Judges not only
champion the role of religion in the formulation and
implementation of law (in which "law" is taken to be
synonymous with Biblical "Law") but are increasingly becoming
more strident in declaring they are guided by their religious
interests.
Any individual who openly professes atheism
opens themselves to prospective prosecution. Criminal law is
limited in its capacity to control atheism. Civil law avails
the judiciary not only the capacity to curtail the ability of
the atheist to express their ideas, but gives them the means
by which to discredit the atheist and their ideas – something
a criminal prosecution (or execution) cannot do. The ability
of Civil penalties to curtail the expression of ideas by the
atheist can be achieved with the imposition of massive
financial penalties, which for me, this Author, in dollar
terms, has been well over $930 thousand (excluding the
interest that has accrued on that figure since 2014). I have
been deprived my home and art studio. And without a studio, I
have been deprived the capacity to produce art. The art that
was to be hosted on TransgressiveSurrealism.com
(registered in 2012) has not materialised, and that site essentially
remains "fallow".
ATHEISM as POLITICS?
Atheism is not "political". Atheism is nothing more than
stating the obvious: "the divine" does not survive the
scrutiny of reason. The various arguments against the concept
of "god" have been established for a while and there is not
much more to add to them. It is the capacity for clear
rational thinking that is under attack and which has been
politicised. Thinking has become dangerous and is increasingly
being restricted.
The persecution of those who apply reason (to
the question of belief in the irrational, the "divine") by the
judiciary has made necessary this site. Rather than providing
arguments showing the logical absurdity of any proposition
that proclaims the existence of a a supernatural being, "god"
(which I was pursuing in daimonas.com),
this site is instead a political attack on the state's
imposition of unreason, "god", via its judicial arm.
The actions of Australia's judiciary against
me are addressed in RedLegVartists.com.
On RedLegVartists.com
can be found the complaint (petition) against Australia made
to Geneva in 2017 by myself, and (co-exhibitor to our 2009
art exhibition), Lee-Anne Raymond.
"GOD" ENTERS THE COURT
Below, a screenshot of a photo posted to Facebook by the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. Kyrou, a judge of the
Supreme Court of Victoria, eulogising from the pulpit of a
Christian Orthodox Church in Melbourne. Kyrou has elsewhere
proclaimed that he is guided by an imaginary being.
GOVERNMENTAL FORMALISATION OF JUDICIAL
RELIGIOSITY
Australia instituted a panel to review "Religious Freedom"
with the
Australian government seeking to formalise what the
judiciary has been putting into practice. The
objective of the government and its panel was clearly
articulated by government minister Scott Morrison.
Morrison, who proclaims a
belief in an imaginary being, stated that it is a:
“fight back against discrimination and mockery of Christians
and other religious groups in 2018”
"it all starts when you
allow religious freedoms [to be eroded], mockery to be
made of your faith or your religious festivals – it always
starts innocently and it's always said it is just a joke –
just like most discrimination does".
"And I'm just gonna call that out.
With what I've seen happen in the last year, I've just
taken the decision more recently, I'm just not going to
put up with that any more, I don't think my colleagues are
either."
"Where I think people are being
offensive to religion in this country – whichever religion
that might be, but particularly the one I and many other
Christians subscribe to – well, we will just call it out
and we will demand the same respect that people should
provide to all religions." (Age,
22 December 2017).
My submission was made to the panel on 11 February 2018 and
clearly stated that I consented to it being published along
with my name. Nevertheless I received a curious email in
April asking if I consented to it being published, to which
I responded in the affirmative.
Without explanation, the Australian government did not
publish my submission.
The government has failed to respond to my correspondence
seeking an explanation.
Below is my submission
with its annexures
Demetrios Vakras freedom
of Religion Submission 
Annexure 1 Kyrou
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Annexure 2 Kyrou
Religion & Law, Law Institute journal
Annexure 3 Marilyin
Warren/ Supreme Court Vic, law based on Biblical law
Annexure 4 NSW,
Bathurst, Greek Orthodox proclamation of law as Biblical
Annexure 5 Australian
mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed calls for Jews' genocide
Annexure 6 Waleed
Aly, terror laws render Islamic worship terrorism
SLEEP OF REASON BREEDS
THEISM
The assailing of reason by the courts is a
political phenomenon which means that political*
considerations and outcomes are part of the courts'
function. Courts are therefore political and in countries such
as Australia have usurped for themselves the role of
guardianship of faith(s).
| *"politics"
derives from the Greek word for
"culture"/"civilization", πολιτισμός, "city", πόλις,
and the mechanics of govenance, πολιτικά, and includes
in its ambit all of the elements that together form
part of a "civilised society". The courts represent
the political will of the people in the form of legal
Acts legislated by the government. The courts
therefore enforce the political views that underpin
the legislation. The notion that there is an
"apolitical judiciary" is high farce. |
Misusing the language of international bodies,
the courts, in cahoots with various religious spokespeople,
have rendered all criticism of religion, such as criticism of
the tenets of religions, illegal. In a 2006 legal judgment
(Catch-the-Fire appeal), judge Marcia Neaves ruled that
criticising the tenets of a faith is likely to engender hatred
or derision or contempt for the group whose tenets of faith
are criticised. Laying bare the judicial intent to suppress
criticism of religions and their tenets, and defaming critics
who do so, Neaves declared that the reading of religious
tenets (such as those of the Koran which has been available
for over 13 centuries) to an audience constitutes "hate
speech" as those tenets are likely to engender hatred or
ridicule of Muslims.
ABSENCE OF REASON BREEDS LAW
In the absence of Reason, The law according to
"god":
A Textbook of Jurisprudence, January
25, 1973 by George Whitecross Paton |
*George Whitecross Paton wrote
that religious values underpin Australian
(English) law.
Paton is cited by the
British-Pakistai Mufti, Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who writes that only in religion can the
values of right and wrong, be found:
"... man should seek guidance
from God and follow the revealed doctrines."
He quotes Paton (though this
might be a translation from the English to
Arabic, and then from Arabic back to English):
"The famous author of
jurisprudence, George Paton has written: 'What
interests should the real legal system
protect? This is a question of values in which
legal philosophy plays its part ... But
however Much we desire the help of philosophy,
it is difficult to obtain. No agreed scale of
values has ever been reached indeed. It is
only in religion that we can find a basis, and
the truth of religion Must be accepted by
faith or invitation and not purely on the
result of logical argument. (Portion:
Jurisprudences p. 121).'" p. 16, Mufti
Muhammad Taqi Usmani, "Islam and Modernism".
(Note:, the unusual
capitalisations and disjointed sentences are
how Paton's passage is quoted in the mufti's
book)
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Islam and Modernism, by Muhammad
Taqi Usmani |
According to Mufti, Muhammad
Taqi Usmani:
"... secular intellect has
totally failed to define the good and the bad.
Hence there is no solution to the problem
except that the man should seek guidance from
God and follow the revealed doctrines."
The values of "good" guidance
found in the Koran. These are:
* wage jihad until all are
Muslim;
* waging jihad is an act of
good;
* jihad against non-Muslims is
obligatory and being killed while killing
non-Muslims gains the jihadi automatic entry
to "Paradise".
In the 2009 exhibition and
publication Humanist
Transuhmanist these very
Koranic passages, the constituent elements of
Sharia, were cited and criticised.
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"The Koran is one of the main
sources of Sharia", from the Australian government
broadcaster (ABC).
George
Whitecross Paton wrote that Jurisprudence is based
on the "truth of religion", a stance he shares
with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis who based their
philosophies on the Bible ( Christian
fable of an "atheist" Hitler ).
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A recent court decision against this author is
written about by Israeli author Dov Ivry
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