The End Game of Atheism

[ShadowWolf1986]

Mao was a man, not a god. Worshiping him as a god does not negate the fact that the Communist government of China was/is Atheistic.

I don't know what you look like, so let's assume your skin is blue. Do you consume food because your skin is blue? Or is there a more rational explanation?

My point is that isolating one trait of an individual and then assigning that trait as the motivation/reason for a particular behavior is unreasonable unless you can demonstrate how that trait results in the behavior described.

Tell all your boys that. Most Atheist assume, and at least one has in this thread, that religion causes wars, suffering, strife, etc.

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Mao was a man, not a god. Worshiping him as a god does not negate the fact that the Communist government of China was/is Atheistic.

Jesus was a man (if he even was that), not a god. Worshipping him as a god does not negate the fact that Christians are Atheistic. Yes you read that right, Atheist with a capital A.

Mister Agenda Wrote:
Regarding the evolution question, here is the full definition referred to:

ev·o·lu·tion
/ˌevəˈlo͞oSHən/Noun
1.The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the...
2.The gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more complex form.

Meaning two is not talking about biological evolution only, it is merely talking about change, and is the sense one would be using if talking about 'the evolution of the modern automobile', for instance. In biological evolution, it is not that unusual to evolve to a simpler form, as is often the case with parasites.

The second definition talks about the development of something from a simple to complex form. According to evolutionists, we evolved from much simpler forms and continue to development into more and more complex forms. Why wouldn't we eventually evolve into transcended godlike beings then?

I've responded to this, which you've promptly ignored.

Except Jesus said He was God. Do I really need to bring out all the Scriptures that say that? Please, just trust me on that one because I know how much scorn Atheist hold for Scriptures. Save yourself a throbbing vein in the forehead.

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Mao was a man, not a god. Worshiping him as a god does not negate the fact that the Communist government of China was/is Atheistic.

No - you are missing the point. Atheists don't do worship. We don't worship Gods or men who behave like they are Gods (with the associated capricious lack of respect for human life). By definition therefore, China was not atheist. It merely replaced God with Mao and then ascribed to him all sorts of miraculous brave actions he almost certainly never did.

Replacing God with a man is what Atheism is from my point of view. You can't see it because you say God was never there to begin with. It seems we are at an impasse on this one.