(April 23, 2013 at 6:40 pm)Dawud Wrote: I thank you very much!
I don't want to argue about Stalin...
Just don't want people to deny the possibility and pretend that no-one could ever abuse atheism....
No-one would kill in the name if atheism....
Hee-Hee
That's why I do t want to argue about Stalin - people are closed I their minds to even the possibility that some crazy B-might start a campaign to eradicate belief in God from a population.
Hence why I had to get Rhythm to admit that either 1. knowledge that there is no God can lead to many different behaviours depending on the person (including irrational people) or that 2. You can know there is God but it cannot affect a persons behaviour.
He chose 2.
He rests his case with another intellectually redundant insult and now I'm off to bed...
Oh! A midway answer that says atheism cannot affect a person that deeply (as made above). You just have to decide how profound an effect atheism has on people's lives.
I'd suggest its a better option than Rhythm's 'knowing there is no God can have no effect on a person stance'
Well done Rhythm
Kudos!
I'm trying to find why you think this question has so much merit? It appears that you are attempting to assign underlying meaning to the answer. "Does knowledge that there is no God effect a person's behavior?" Sure! In the sense that all knowledge effects our behavior, but I don't see why you are dwelling on the effects of knowing this (as best we can know such a thing).
Knowledge that i'm out of toilet paper effects my behavior.
Knowledge that i'm out of coffee effects my behavior.
Knowledge that my parents are coming to visit effects my behavior.
etc...
What is your point? This seems like a dead-end road to me. What am I missing?
