My name is Michael, I'm a 24 years old student of business informatics from Germany. I am into technology, science, climging, web-design, fantasy novels and online gaming. Nothing out of the ordinary, I guess, expect that I am also an atheist.
Not only that, but also do I consider myself an anti-theist. Why you ask? Belief in god(s) not only is irrational and not supported by any evidence whatsoever, it is also dangerous. Over the past centuries, religion has thoroughly fucked up countless people and nations. It brought death and despair, unimanginable suffering,all in the name of higher powers that do not seem to care enough to actually show themselves, expect of course, in the fantasies of the intellectually retarded and con-artists trying to get into your pockets.
Yes, I know there are theists doing good in the name of their particular religion, but honestly - good people will always find reason to do good, with or without god (or they aren't actually good, but just trying to get a ticket to heaven). Without religion, scumbags such as the pope would have no means to justify their despicable acts and words and I have no doubt that good Ratzinger would have long faced prosecution if he were only the leader of an international child abuse ring.
I despise religion, for good reason, I guess; and thus, I have created this blog not only to blog about the nice things in life, but also those that are sickening me to the core. I created it as my personal sanctuary where I can let off steam in ways I probably couldn't on forums (I am an active member of about.com agnosticism/atheism and rationalscepticism.com).
So, why the name "state of flabbergastedness"? Once upon a time, I googled the word "flabbergasted", and stumbled across this piece of woo. Fairly harmless, I guess. The phrase "state of flabbergastedness" just stuck in my head and after all, flabbergasted has become my number 1 favourite English word. It just has this certain, cool sound and look, therefore, to be honest, I just tried to find a way to incorporate it into the blog title.
