RE: Your stance on Hard Atheism
October 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm by Chas.)
(October 27, 2014 at 8:28 pm)trmof Wrote:(October 27, 2014 at 8:19 pm)Chas Wrote: You said:
"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. "
Would you like to reconsider your denial?
No, the fact that they had no objective reason to value human life made it easier for them to kill people. That is not a motivation, it is just of fact of their ideology. If I had to guess I would say their motivations were personal power, wealth, and land, but since I am not a mind reader I am unable to comment on anyone's motivations but my own.
So, you are not claiming they were motivated by atheism, but you are claiming that because they were atheists they could not feel remorse?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.