Angry Atheists and Anti-Theists

[Belacqua]

Very true. I was reading an article recently claiming that the CIA assassinated Thomas Merton. 

Wow -- I hadn't heard that about Merton. It's to the point where the bad guys have done so much bad, even if the accusations seem far-fetched, they almost seem deserved. 

I brought up the CIA because I've been reading about them lately, but I only meant to give an example of a non-religion structure through which violence is justified. Soccer hooligans included. It's everywhere. 

I have a soft spot for Spinoza's "pantheism"... though he never called himself a pantheist... and I have my doubt whether he fits that mould. Perhaps. Perhaps not.

You know more about Spinoza than I do, so I readily admit that he may or may not deserve to be called religious. The extent to which God is innate in the universe is a fascinating question, and one that Christians, too, have gone around about. I'd love to study that all some more.