(August 31, 2012 at 8:18 pm)Polaris Wrote: We had a microcosm of what a world would be without religion in the 20th century. Half the violent deaths in history arose from that, but then again 75% of violent deaths happened in that century as well.
Communism was a religion as far as I'm concerned.
You had your prophecy, sacred scripture, holy mission, struggle of good vs. evil, iconic figures revered as saints, end-justifies-means ideological crusade, indoctrination, etc. In short, all the trappings of religion.
By contrast, in these despotic and bloody regimes, you had no encouragement of rational inquiry and freedom of thought, valued most highly by any atheist movement I'm aware of.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
