Bright Is Right

Some time ago, two educators named Mynga Futrell and Paul Geisert started an organization named "The Brights", their stated aims and views were in accordance with my own so I became a member. Basically a secular entity, the main tenet is that members are persons who have a worldview free from the encumbrance of a deity or deities. For a fuller explanation of the organization's goals and possibly to become a Bright yourself, visit the website http://www.the-Brights.net, you'll discover that many Brights are well-known personalities.

The name "Bright" is used as a noun and the idea was that it should become memetic like the word "gay" has become for homosexuals. Unfortunately and understandably however, religious persons chose to ignore the noun usage and decided that Brights were setting themselves up as an elite group, the implication being that non-Brights should be named "The Dims" perhaps. Well, many leading Brights denied this and emphasized that it was merely an appropriate name, of course, no matter what, with such a name, some people will always cry "elitism".

Originally, I felt "bright" was not a good name choice and offered fuel to detractors but now I think it's OK and if people don't like it, well... fuck 'em. As far as I'm aware, no large scale properly conducted study has been done to see if non-believers are, in general, more intelligent than believers; I'd be prepared to bet that if such a study were carried out, non-believers would win hands-down.

So tough luck Godites, if your shepherd tells you that atheists and their ilk think they're "brighter" than you, stop bleating, he's probably correct. They are!