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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
No I don't take "atheism is evil" from what you say at all.
It's jut that I don't get why the "Hitler/Mao/Stalin were atheists" thing is always trotted out. Let's say it is true for a second. Well, so what?
The suggestion seems to be that "these evil guys didn't believe in god, so obviously not believing in god leads to terrible things.".
Is that the point?
If it is the point then it's pretty easy to find examples of other tyrants and atrocities by people who did/do believe in God and say "these evil guys did believe in God, so obviously believing in God leads to terrible things". It's the same principle.
I'm really not trying to put words in your mouth. That's just the way it looks to me. If there is a different reason to bring up these lunatics as examples of atheists gone wrong then I'd love to hear it.
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The only point I was trying to make is that religion isn't responsible for all the evil either. I often hear atheists say that religion is the root of everything bad. Personally, I don't see it as any worse than an other type of ideology. If not for religion, humans will find other reasons to conquer others. Blaming religion or atheism is pointless when humans are the common denominator of both.