(December 30, 2014 at 5:18 pm)alpha male Wrote: Yep. You noted Christianity in particular, but many atheists believe that most religions are evil.
No, it's what people tend to make of religions that is evil. They take books, written some thousands years ago to be literal words of one or the other god. And that line of thinking leads to be comfortable or apologetic towards atrocities and the condemnation of certain social groups. It also leads to proudly flaunting ignorance as if it were a virtue. Bronze and early iron age standards are taken into the 21st century and science is viewed as a conspiracy theory since it contradicts the bible. Actually, these are the people I personally have the biggest problems with, since they try to poison the well for all of us by sneaking ther religious views into the educational system.
To tell the truth, it's not all the christians. In fact most of the christians don't take the bible literally and I certainly have no problem with them or their religion.