Wasn't he also said to be drug-free and a vegetarian?
If so, gotta keep eating that meat and be drug-free-free.
There are quite a few genocides throughout history which are specifically Christian. The Crusader armies in the 11th Century systematically slaughtered the Jews and Muslims as they conquered territory. That was pretty well everybody they encountered as there weren't many others. The Albigensian Crusade was specifically aimed at heretical Christians - the Cathars. There aren't any of them left. The Inquisition was another case of systematic killing. About 350,000 people were victims of judicial killing - to save their souls from damnation because they were 'secretly Jews'. This may not seem to be on the same scale, but proportionally similar given the populations of the periods.
There have been lots of genocides, many if not most of them justified by religion.
What's an "evolutionist"?
The guys he mentioned actually were responsible for killing people, not merely “rambling.” You seemed to miss that point.So you post the ramblings of a bunch of morally inept evil men who claim to be Atheist; as if this is typical of atheist. What's your point?
How about if I post the ramblings of a bunch of morally inept evil men who claim to be Christians, as if it is typical of Christians? Would you consider that fair?
We can assume dogs liked Hitler, too. A totally different thought.Did you know that Hitler liked dogs?
Makes you think.
Im always surprised that people write the above and think they are saying something worth reading like either they feel they have the authority to grant the other the right to think a certain way or they admit that this freedom exists as though they were magnanimously acknowledging a known state.Whatever you say. If you want to believe that, you are free to do so. If you think you should be a "human like your father created you to be"... whatever that is to mean... strive to do that.
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Atheism is not a worldview or political philosophy. "Evolutionism" isn't even a word, outside the imaginary realm of creationist propaganda.
So you're not making any point against atheism when you invoke this tired old tactic. You're making a point against authoritarian, totalitarian and dogmatic thinking. Which I am opposed to no matter how it manifests - in political philosophy or in religion.
Which is all to say nothing of the fact that a bunch of the people you named weren't atheist. Not that it would help your case anyway.
Also, there is nothing 'amazing' about Jeffrey Dahmer becoming a Christian. Garbage people become religious converts all the time, often in prison. It's an easy way to feel good about themselves, by imagining they've made right with the creator of the universe, rather than living with the guilt of what they've done.
So did Pol Pot and the communists and many others. And all resistance was equally killed. That you did not hear of it does not mean it did not happen. Just means you are unaware of those who resisted and failed.So murderers can be sentimental. Who cares about Hitler now? He is long gone, dogs and all.
And quite beside the point. The Nazis murdered millions of Jews, Roma, disabled children, just for what they perceived them to be. There was no military strategy, no reason beyond their warped view of humanity - and hardly any resistance from either their fellow countrymen or from their victims.
I'm not at all surprised when someone who thinks there is an authority that can grant us the right to think what we think, or the right to "judge" us - negatively, always, of course - for whatever we think... that such a person would be "surprised" about other humans acknowledging the fact that thoughts are free and our own only.Im always surprised that people write the above and think they are saying something worth reading like either they feel they have the authority to grant the other the right to think a certain way or they admit that this freedom exists as though they were magnanimously acknowledging a known state.
All of us can always think whatever we want, which is why will judge us for what we.chose to think which determined what kind of person we became.
Like who? Can you be specific? Did you do so and I missed it? Pol Pot was a communist. The muslims do this I’ve heard so that’s an example i’ll give you.Yes, Dorothy. That is yet another genocide, and one that we have all heard of, I should think, as it is a recent event. A point I made earlier is that genocides are not confined to atheist tyrants but can be perpetrated by people espousing religious doctrines too.
Yes, Jesus said that there would be those who kill true children of God thinking they are offering service to him. So Jesus agrees with you.Perhaps one aspect of genocides are that they tend to be committed by people who are convinced of their righteousness, killing - as they see it - virtuously.
I'm not at all surprised when someone who thinks there is an authority that can grant us the right to think what we think,
Oh, and here I was, thinking that in your first post, you at least admitted the possibility that "we" would simply acknowledge the fact that thoughts are free.... even if we did so "magnanimously".You missed the point. Every single person can think what they want. It’s absurd to think a person can grant them those rights. Might as well grant them freedom to breathe.
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