(February 8, 2013 at 4:04 pm)Zone Wrote:The reason that happened is because the Church opposed the state and Stalin was the 'God.' Being an atheist has nothing to do with being a killer there is not central atheist comment, no priest or book, one atheist is no where near like another. Unlike Religion were priest tell there Sheep to fight for god, Tell that to an Atheist, they're more inclined to say no. Bad people do bad things, good people do good things, it takes religion for a good person to do bad stuff.
There you go.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
