RE: Is it true that atheism has killed more people then organized religion?...
September 6, 2010 at 11:49 am
I don't believe many people have actually died in the name of atheism or even theism. The actions of people who are so inclined, are driven by their own lust for power and need to dominate populations. I don't believe atheism has been used as an excuse to perpetrate such acts, particular theistic beliefs have. You cannot blame theism however for those co-opting it for their own ends. I think the mindless point scoring on both sides over this issue is utterly pointless, as it says nothing for truth value of either position.
What it does do is demonstrate that god (if he exists) is yet again silent on the mis-use of power, having had things to say about it in the bronze age, and even commanding it himself. Strange; unless he was an invention by bronze age goat herders wanting to justify their own genocide to grab land, and he never really existed.
What it does do is demonstrate that god (if he exists) is yet again silent on the mis-use of power, having had things to say about it in the bronze age, and even commanding it himself. Strange; unless he was an invention by bronze age goat herders wanting to justify their own genocide to grab land, and he never really existed.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.
