RE: Atheism, faith and dictatoship
October 21, 2014 at 5:21 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2014 at 5:22 am by Holden Caulfield.)
Atheism in itself does not protect or encourage free thought if that is the doctrine imposed by the ruling power. Atheism in itself does not mean good or bad much the same as Christianity, Islam, etc. The non-belief in a god does not really have any effect on the overall critical thinking of populace. Regimes like Stalin have proven that enforcing atheism idea is no better than enforced religious belief if there's no education behind it.
The key to true atheistic believe is simply free access to knowledge. There's a reason the strongest numbers of atheists are among the highest educated populaces. Knowledge is atheism's best weapon.
But an atheistic believer that takes extreme measures to prove his point (ie taking of lives) is no less wrong than any other "believer". Or even just the enforcement of atheism via goverment, that's equally as wrong as anybody enforcing a belief system. Atheism must be fostered at the grass roots not dictated.
The key to true atheistic believe is simply free access to knowledge. There's a reason the strongest numbers of atheists are among the highest educated populaces. Knowledge is atheism's best weapon.
But an atheistic believer that takes extreme measures to prove his point (ie taking of lives) is no less wrong than any other "believer". Or even just the enforcement of atheism via goverment, that's equally as wrong as anybody enforcing a belief system. Atheism must be fostered at the grass roots not dictated.
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
