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Frank B. Finite
A "True" Atheist
The Olympic Spirit Is Offensive:
I am writing this special intermediate article in the midst of and on the subject of the Olympic Games currently being held in Utah, USA.
This spectacle is an afront to all of us atheists and frankly offends my brain to no end. It should offend your free-thinkin' brains too.
It's bad enough that they are being held at the Mecca of the Mormons this year, but if one does their homework they discover an Olympic history steeped in religious ferver.
The Olympic festival was the most important and ancient of all other Greek festivals. It was the greater religious festival among others, dedicated to Zeus, the supreme of all gods.
The sanctuary of Olympia imposed its authority throughout the Greek world, whereas soon the Olympic games became the symbol of Panhellenic unity.
The site and the sanctuary of Olympia gradually developed through time. From a simple cult place, it evolved to an elaborated sanctuary adorned with temples, the greatest among them being the Temple of Zeus, secular buildings and statues.
The Olympic festival was held once every four years in the most hot days of the summer.
During the five days of the festivals, a number of sacrifices were dedicated to the altars of the gods of Olympia, the most magnificent of all being the sacrifice of one hundred cattle in front of Zeus' altar.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not against sporting contests. These have evolved over the millenia due to our genetic programming by nature for males to attract potential mates.
I still haven't figured out why females do it.
Also, all other ties with the ancient festival to the gods should be severed completely. The modern organisation of Olympic Games is also based on festivities. These ceremonies symbolise the united spiritual community of all the people from different societies.
And then there's that dominating sponsor we see not only in the olympics, but in most all sporting events - NIKE.
Nike was the goddess of victory, who presided over all military and athletic contests. Why must we be reminded of this religious nonsense on every shoe, glove and jock strap we happen to see on most of the male and female atheletes participating?!
BTW, all of this is just the tip of the offensive iceberg. I'm currently doing extensive research for the next issue of Blind Fools on just how saturated our society is with religious reminders in everyday life.
If you've been a slacking atheist, you'll not just be depressed about the whole offending situation but hopefully you'll be motivated to get involved.
Just do it!
So I am petitioning you all to boycot the Olympics to get the name changed (as well as offensive sponsors dropped like a heavy ice-dancing partner). All this spectacle does is shove religion down our collective throats.
At first I thought changing the name to Animalympics would be appropriate enough, but my market research of other free-thinkers indicates that the name is still to similar to Olympics.
So I haven't come up with another name yet. If you come up with a good one, e-mail me and I'll post it on this article as a potential replacement.
If you would like to learn more about this offensive tradition in order to defeat it (know thy enemy), then go to: http://www.fhw.gr/projects/olympics/.
Frankly,
Frank B. Finite's brain
(a chance evolutionary byproduct since the accidental dawning
of time, space and matter)