God knows why atheists are holding rally

A “huge” atheist rally is to be held next month in the US. No doubt, RTÉ’s Washington correspondent will be reporting.

The event will include a massive attack on religion. I thought these people had jettisoned all interest in religion, yet they still seem to be obsessed by it. This indicates to me that atheism, per se, is not that satisfying or fulfilling.

They expect a mob, sorry, crowd, of 20,000. You don’t have to have done higher maths to crack this one.

Given that the population of the US is north of 300 million, atheism is making painfully slow gains in the land of the free.

Either that, or a lot of the “brights” can’t be bothered attending.

Given that the best they can manage for speakers is actor, Johnny Depp, who can blame them! He’s a guy who can’t even complete a simple dog passport. And they expect the rest of us to take this ridiculous creed seriously.

For those of us who like a good laugh, atheism remains the creed that just keeps giving and giving. Maybe Gay Byrne could interview Johnny on the ‘Meaninglessness of Life’. At least he would be guaranteed no hard questions.

Eric Conway

7 Balreask Village

Navan

Co Meath