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Originally Posted by troutman
1) Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, and Pol Pot -- atheists all -- went on ideological killing sprees which made the religious wars of the distant past look like an afternoon tea party tete-a-tete between bluebloods.
This tired argument has been destroyed so many times, I am surprised people continue to make it. These killing sprees had nothing to do with atheism. Hitler was a Christian. I agree with the writer that religion is not the cause of all human conflict.
2) Atheistic morality and values talk was twaddle, and that the foundation of ethical systems was ultimately irrational inspiration, not reason. That reality puts atheists who desire the ethics of religion -- treat others charitably, don't steal, cheat or murder -- but who dislike admitting God might be even a possibility, in a pretty pickle.
Nonsense. Morality has its roots in the natural world, not religion.
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Even if "atheism" was the cause for all those crazy dictators and the nasty things they did, the godless heathens still come up pretty short in the old "Who Killed The Most People" contest.
Why do they even bother bringing it up?
I love the "twaddle" comment. I wonder what particular brand of worship he currently is adapting to meet his lifestyle and banking on to get him into paradise for all of eternity.