(April 3, 2015 at 1:11 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(April 3, 2015 at 6:10 am)abaris Wrote: Asinine as always. Communist dictators didn't kill in the name of atheism but in the name of their ideology which wasn't atheism but a perverted form of Marxism. You play the communist card and I raise you one Hitler, one Franco, one Mussolini, one Pavellic, one Pinochet and countless other dictators, who were christians and had in their largest parts a very good standing with religious powers and organisations.
Would it be unfair to say, they killed in the name of christianity? Of course, but if you want to play it black and white with your ignorance of history, so be it.
State atheism IS an ideology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism_and_religion
Quote:In the Marxist–Leninist interpretation of Marxist theory, developed primarily by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, religion is seen as retarding human development, and socialist states that follow a Marxist–Leninist variant are inherently atheistic. Due to this, a number of Marxist–Leninist governments in the twentieth century, such as the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, implemented rules introducing state atheism.
No atheism is part of their ideology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheism
Quote:State atheism is the official promotion of atheism by a government.
Quote:Here's the point, Christian "ideology" requires that you express love toward your fellow man. Any examples of supposed Christians not living up to that standard means they are not Christians, or at best hypocrites, but you guys seem to think that is a "no true scotsman".
Is being nice an ideology or just part of the particular Christian ideology you cling to?
Quote:If an apple tree produces oranges, is it still an apple tree? No it's an orange tree ("by their fruit ye shall know them"), simply because a true apple tree produces apples... Likewise a christian wouldn't bring injury to his fellow man, doing so would be AGAINST Christian principles.
Being nice is not required to be a Christian.
Believing in the dead jew on a stick is sufficient ,or are you saying arseholes that believe in jesus as their saviour aren't Christians?
They certainly think they are Christians.
Quote:Where has Christ ordered his followers to destroy temples of different religions?
He never said he didn't like abortion either but people seem to think he implied it.
So Christians have never destroyed rival temples? or destroyed civilisations in the name of Christianity? or invaded holy lands in waves and slaughtering the people who were there? or used their religion to justify enslavement?
I could go on.
The history of Christianity is bloody, evil and has retarded civilisation for too long.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.