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Originally Posted by Cheese
Ok I see your POV peter. A stretch maybe...but a good POV. Lets take this to the next logical step(s). A sect of Christians or other type of religion take over a government...we get a theocracy. Worst case Afghanistan style, best case...Catholicism? Atheists take over and we get more funding for science and a curriculum that doesnt include God(s)? The issue I have with your comment is hilited in blue....I just dont see an atheist group out there whos trying to take over any institution or state for their own use without the use of democracy.
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Sure, sure. Agreed. Although, I think atheists have done it, just not the humanist strain of atheism that is currently dominant in the west.
EDIT: My point is that anyone with even the best of intentions is capable of causing great evil. I'm sure a catholic theocracy, which was absolutely brutal, was not what Christ or the early (early) Christian sects had in mind. Social solutions have to be kept within a framework of moderation.