SIMPLICITY PROVES WE HAVE THE TRUTH
You have to think and see the truth for yourself.
Avoid a long and difficult examination of which competing religious and
spiritual claims are right and depend on this book as your reason understands
it. Take for example, the controversy between Mormons and Christians. Each side
has an answer for the other so it is hard work to sort out who is twisting logic
and taking forbidden shortcuts in it. If you base your world-view on people's
testimony you will never be satisfied and fully sane because disagreement and
confusion abound. You need to be healthily sceptical.
So how are we to know which of the many philosophies or religions of the world
is right? By the unique simplicity and commonsense of the teaching and it must
be something that is easily proven to be true for we cannot refute every error
people make and so we focus on the basics. Only Humanism is able to live up to
this standard.
All our simplicity protects people from being misled and manipulated for it
leaves little room for error and saves them from the clutches of those who twist
the truth to give them convincing evidences for this and for that that are full
of flaws and clever deceptions. The Humanist just needs to remember and
understand the basics of the book and that is all. Atheism is the truth.
Even if there were no proof in our favour it would be clear that it is safest to
follow our philosophy and so we should. If God is good he will understand and
reward our sincere efforts. Fire can burn you even if you sincerely believe it
will not. This does not prove that God will condemn you for meaning well for he
is not letting you be burned for meaning well but because he will not change
reality all the time to suit your beliefs for that would be chaotic.