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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
My argument wasn't that Atheism leads to mass murder. I was arguing that the only examples of atheistic governments are examples of horribly bad governments. It's easy to say that religion is responsible for every bad thing that has happen to man. The fact is that Atheism is a faith system and has a poorer track record than any other religion. We have never had a bloodier century than the 20th century and most of the blood shed was done by Atheists. Perhaps if an atheistic government ever comes to power without bloodshed and produces an Utopian society than Cheese will have an argument.
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Except there's one problem with this.. They aren't horribly bad governments because they abolish religion. They are horribly bad because of the people that are controlling them, the power that they crave and the means by which they will accomplish their goals to achieve power.
Denouncing atheism on the basis of the actions of communism is silly. It has nothing to do with faith (or lack there of) but power.
Utopia's are impossible by definition of nature. Nature is chaos, and always will be. War, wanton destruction, and world suffering will always be a part of the world because it's part of nature.
Show me a Christian government that is a utopia full of peace and bliss.