Atheists Can be as Dumb as Everyone Else

The truth of the matter is, atheism isn't anything more than being an atheist, and an atheist isn't anything more than someone who does not believe in any sort of gods. It really is that simple. Yet somehow, somewhere along the way, people began trying to attach more significance to atheism. Not only are we supposed to be not believe in any sort of god/s, but we're supposed to be anti-religion, hyper-scientific, super-intellectual and even dismissive of all other forms of the supernatural that have nothing to do with gods.

I've noticed a growing trend on social networks to mock religions with invalid and fallacious arguments. For example, the post linked to above:

Day 1: God created light

Day 4: God created the Sun

If you click through to this post you'll see I'm getting a lot of flack for tearing this argument apart. The premise of the anti-religious statement is that it's illogical that an all-knowing all-powerful god would create light before creating a light source. However, the above statement does not indicate where that light (from Day 1) was coming from, merely that light was created.

And as we all know, there are many forms of light in this universe that don't have the Sun as their source. For example, fire. Fire in no way relies on the Sun for it's light emissions. Neither does star light. And while, yes, the Sun is a star, it is not the source of light from the billions of other stars in the sky.

My point is simple: if we're to take apart religious texts and show the world their fallacies, then we as atheists need to do so in a logical manner based on scientific method and critical thinking. Just making a meme-image with no basis of fact isn't helping our cause to bring enlightenment to the religious masses, but rather just to poke fun or ridicule one's faith isn't helping anyone. Such actions only show that atheists are just as callous and petty as religious adherents.