Something about killing in the name of atheism
April 12, 2015 at 10:19 am
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2015 at 10:20 am by Dystopia.)
A common argument against atheism is that it can be just as harmful as religion because people can become intolerant of religious belief (and frequently organized religion) and harm, persecute, discriminate and murder believers. Atheists discard this argument by saying that atheism is simply a lack of belief in god and therefore we can't kill in the name of atheism, but people can kill in the name of religion because there may be dogmas, rules and principles commanding believers to do so. And this is entirely true. However...
This argument makes it look like atheists are not dangerous but believers are because they can kill in the name of god but here's what I was thinking about today - Comparing atheism with religion is unfair and inaccurate because atheism is precisely the contrary of theism - Just like no one can kill in the name of atheism because it is merely a lack of belief in gods and therefore there are no rules about killing people no one can kill in the name of mere theism because it's simply a belief in god and it doesn't come attached in its simplest form to any religion - You can kill in the name of religion and religious dogmas, if a specific god tells you to do so, and an atheist can develop himself into an anti-theist, become hostile towards religion and kill people because of it.
Stalin and other communist figures were much more than atheist and a thing to consider is that religion is fundamentally incompatible with communist doctrine and because Stalin created Stalinist (a totalitarian system) it becomes a sort of religion to worship the leader and having other beings to worship was contrary to the workers' agenda not to mention religion was something considered archaic because it was something the burgueoisie promoted.
My whole reasoning here is - Yes, we can't kill in the name of atheism, but we can develop ourselves into horrible beings who hate religion and kill because of that - But people can't kill in the name of theism as well because it's merely a belief in god, but they can follow terrible religious doctrines and start killing people - One is not worse than the other, people don't kill because of belief in god, that's fundamentally wrong, they kill because they believe and also want others to believe as well. Many religious wars start because a group doesn't believe what the other groups does so pretty much that group is atheist and anti-theist towards the other.
Conclusion - Believing in god is as hazardous to oneself as a lack of thereof, it's what we do after that affects our actions. Am I wrong?
This argument makes it look like atheists are not dangerous but believers are because they can kill in the name of god but here's what I was thinking about today - Comparing atheism with religion is unfair and inaccurate because atheism is precisely the contrary of theism - Just like no one can kill in the name of atheism because it is merely a lack of belief in gods and therefore there are no rules about killing people no one can kill in the name of mere theism because it's simply a belief in god and it doesn't come attached in its simplest form to any religion - You can kill in the name of religion and religious dogmas, if a specific god tells you to do so, and an atheist can develop himself into an anti-theist, become hostile towards religion and kill people because of it.
Stalin and other communist figures were much more than atheist and a thing to consider is that religion is fundamentally incompatible with communist doctrine and because Stalin created Stalinist (a totalitarian system) it becomes a sort of religion to worship the leader and having other beings to worship was contrary to the workers' agenda not to mention religion was something considered archaic because it was something the burgueoisie promoted.
My whole reasoning here is - Yes, we can't kill in the name of atheism, but we can develop ourselves into horrible beings who hate religion and kill because of that - But people can't kill in the name of theism as well because it's merely a belief in god, but they can follow terrible religious doctrines and start killing people - One is not worse than the other, people don't kill because of belief in god, that's fundamentally wrong, they kill because they believe and also want others to believe as well. Many religious wars start because a group doesn't believe what the other groups does so pretty much that group is atheist and anti-theist towards the other.
Conclusion - Believing in god is as hazardous to oneself as a lack of thereof, it's what we do after that affects our actions. Am I wrong?
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
