“We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged. We are the legacy of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution. We have a choice: We can enhance life and come to know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage in meaningless self-destruction. What happens in the first second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with our intelligence and our knowledge of the cosmos.”

Carl Sagan

That quote sums up the essence of The Beautiful Truth. We are inspired by our legacy, by our origins, by knowledge, and by truth in all it's majesty. We believe that mankind has the power to progress towards peace, tolerance and harmony and that power lies within our cerebral cortex. However we also believe that our progression is beset by superstition and religion. The ancient beliefs of our ancestors are holding us back, they are restricting the rights of many human beings, and they are creating suffering and division all over the globe. It's time to move on.

It's important to state that we do not stand against people's rights to believe whatever they wish to. We do not advocate that everyone should be forced to think like we do. Nor would we idealize about living in such a world. However, we firmly stand against it when people's religious convictions cause oppression, suffering and hate in the world. If religions humbly accepted themselves as being one of many belief systems in society free to worship as they see fit, and stopped trying to impose itself as the sole authority where it is not welcome, then there would be no need for this site. Sadly religion cannot adhere to a live and let live policy, and for this reason we neither feel the need to keep silent, nor be polite about the matter.

Religious people are not content with the freedom to believe in their creation myth – they want to impose it upon all society through the education system. They are not content with the freedom to believe that homosexuality is wrong in the eyes of their deity – they want a society in which all homosexuals are denied rights. They are not content with freedom – they want to impose upon other people's.

It's important to remember that secularism is a system in which religious freedom (including freedom from religion) is paramount. You may wish to live in a society that follows your religious doctrine, but what if another religion imposed it's authority over your country? You would not be so eager to support interference from the Church with the state if Islam rose to power (or likewise with Christianity if you're a Muslim).

The Beautiful Truth promotes freedom, not suppression. We are perfectly okay for religious organizations to operate in whichever way they chose, on one condition; it does not suppress the freedom of other individuals, or in any way try to impose their doctrine upon society. Until religion stops continually assaulting our freedom, spilling untold rivers of blood, causing vast floods of tears and being responsible for an immense chorus of cries and screams in the process, it shall remain subject to the harshest of criticisms. When it learns to appreciate the freedom it already has and ceases to destroy people's lives, then we shall oppose it no longer.

They say that the pen is mightier than the sword. We must oppose religion, not with violence and destruction, but with our combined intelligence, through our words, and the internet is the best format to use if we wish to reach as many people as we can. Us infidels have the strongest of arguments, and we are not afraid to use them. We are not afraid to point out the immorality and ignorance of your beliefs. We are not intimidated with threats of eternal suffering. Indeed we shall not be intimidated by any threats of any kind.

We live in a world with apocalyptic weaponry, we also live in a world where people who believe the book of Revelation word for word are in positions where they can use these weapons. It is in their interests to bring about the end times. It is folly to think that this is not a matter of urgency - the fate of our species could depend on it. We keep our eyes on the future of humanity, not upon ancient texts. It is time, my friends, to put religion in it's place.

This site is dedicated to all those who suffer at the hands of religions oppression, all those many children raped by Catholic priests. All the bereaved families who lost their loved ones to suicide bombers, genocide and religious conflict. All those people who suffer the barbaric punishment of death by stoning for minor crimes. All those homosexuals who do not have the same rights as everyone else. All those women who are forced to wear veils, and risk having battery acid thrown in their faces if they remove them. This is for every single human life devastated by religious tyranny. May all humans, no matter what they believe, what their sexual preference or gender prosper together in freedom, peace and equality.