RE: This is why I hate people who hate "fucking christians"
November 19, 2013 at 11:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2013 at 11:08 pm by Lion IRC.)
(November 19, 2013 at 7:16 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:(November 19, 2013 at 6:53 pm)Brakeman Wrote: [snip]...As for Jacob's "we're all equally bad" claim, I don't think it's true, useful, or applicable to the issue. I don't think it's true because atheists are, on the whole, non-violent.[snip]If I gave the impression that I thought atheists were AS BAD then I apologise. Theists are clearly worse, hence the comment about the risk that atheist groups could exhibit similar behavior to theist ones. We're there ahead of you, no doubt. More cliquey. More prejudiced. More inclined to try to graft our views onto others.
@Jacob(smooth)
Do you agree with the above, that atheists are, on the whole, less violent in relative terms compared to humans who profess biblical theistic religion? Are they inherently more 'peaceful' as human beings than Christians? FWIW - I regard Maoism and Stalinism as inherently opposed to theistic religion and methodologically commited to the use of force where necessary to oppose "the opium of the masses.
And I think self-harm qualifies as violence per se.
