(July 6, 2012 at 6:56 am)CliveStaples Wrote: Can I hate atheism for Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.? I feel like that's the way a moron tries to learn:
Damn it, here I go again....
Stalin, pol pot were corrupt communist dictators acting from their political stance. You can't really kill in the name of atheism. Simply because atheism means without theism. Essentially it means you're killing for without theism. Also those dictators killed many atheists too so it can't really be said they killed for atheism.
You can however kill for a religion. People have committed mass murder in the name of a religion and a god. Catholics during the second world war murdered around 400 to 600 thousand people in the name of god.
A common mis-understanding.
*pats on back*
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.