Homage to Dagmar Gontard-Zelinkova

Atheist Freethinkers

August 2014

The organization Libres penseurs athées / Atheist Freethinkers wishes to express to the family of Dagmar Gontard-Zelinkova our most sincere condolences on the occasion of Dagmar’s decease. Words cannot adequately express our sadness. Dagmar joined our group shortly after its foundation and remained a faithful participant in our debates up until her very last moments. She left us a final and very serene “Good Bye” only days before her death. Dagmar was a very active and diligent freethinker. Her criticism of religious anti-modernism was effective and rigorous. She defended and promoted secularism with courage and determination at a time when many around her reacted with a cowardly silence or opposition. We will remember her as a woman enthusiastically committed to the causes which she held dear and as a person of great serenity both in life and in death. Her absence from our discussions will leave a great void in our hearts and in our minds.

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We are atheists. Critical thought and science lead us to the conclusion that gods, demons, reincarnation, the immortal soul and other supernatural beliefs are childish fictions. We value reason, knowledge and the material, intellectual and moral advancement of humanity. Our philosophy is materialist: there is no soul associated with the body, and as for the mind or intellect it too is material because based on neuronal processes. We are moral beings, constantly evolving and responsible for ourselves, as is the humanity to which we belong. We promote secularism and reject any religious involvement in civil institutions.