(December 26, 2012 at 4:51 pm)Tiberius Wrote: The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, but mankind has only been around in our current form (homo sapiens) for an estimated 200,000 years. I disagree that it is the most evil thing that mankind has embraced though; I mean, in the last century alone we have been through two World Wars (nether of which were based on any religious disagreement). One of those involved a very evil man who wasn't really basing his ideas on anything religious, but rather social and racial disagreements.
Actually, you could say that man's position was based on Eugenics - EVIL SCIENCE, EVIL!!!
Quote:Generalizing. I have met atheists who are homophobic. I have likewise met theists who are gay, or support gay rights. The same goes for women's issues.
Yep that comment surprised me to. Is North Korea really a shining example of "tolerant" atheists? Is China? It's all culturally based, and until you look past your own culture you will of course see things the way they are in your own back yard. This is why the yanks consistently think that Christianity and "Bible Belt" are synonymous.
Quote:Moreover, despite the lack of wars due to atheism, there has been a heck of a lot of persecution due to atheism. The Soviet Union was full of it.
Yep, and North Korea is still full of persecution.
