RE: Your stance on Hard Atheism
October 27, 2014 at 6:14 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2014 at 6:16 pm by trmof.)
(October 27, 2014 at 6:03 pm)Alex K Wrote:(October 27, 2014 at 6:00 pm)trmof Wrote: When Gnostic Atheists have been placed in positions of power they were able to kill more people in one century than the entire number of people killed by all the world's religions up to that point. I would argue than an ideology that leads that allows such monsters as Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and others to do what they did without a hint of remorse is the more dangerous ideology.
I've said it a hundred times, but the ideology which has made these "monsters" the powerful rulers they were is precisely Christianity. Over the course of centuries, it has conditioned the people to follow charismatic saviour figures without engaging in critical thinking.
There are atheists alive today who would do exactly the same sort of thing if given power, or if they seized it. The atheist political group the Tamil Tigers was responsible for more suicide bombings than any other group at the time of their disbanding. What would have happened if they had actually gained control of Sri Lanka?
(October 27, 2014 at 6:13 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote:(October 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm)trmof Wrote: By hard atheism I mean those who claim the non-existence of a God or gods as fact. They do in fact exist, and they are for the most part insufferable to have a conversation with.Which ones yours? upper or lowercase?
As for the characteristics, a lower-case "god" would be a being which possesses power which would appear as incomprehensible magic to humans. This would apply to any being such as a demon or angel.
The creator God would be distinguished by his ability to, if not outright create, at least mold and shape universes to his liking.
(October 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm)trmof Wrote: Because their god is a liar who's trying to ride on the real one's coattails.Why does the real one let him steal his patents?
The upper-case one. As for patents, there is no mention in the Bible of any kind of patent law. My god believes in the free exchange of information.


