Atheism and morality

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Scoobes said:

MrBubbles said:

the point didnt seem to be that stalin was killing people because he was atheist.  just that he was an atheist and did that.   which is the topic.  atheism and morality.   stalin being an atheist and showing a lack of morals is a perfectly fine argument for him to make.

If that's your argument than it's just as easy to say that religious people are far more immoral than atheists as the vast majority of leaders, dictators and tyrants were religious.

Basically, it's not a very good point. Whether someone is atheist or religious makes no difference to whether they commit immoral acts. However, you're far more likely to get people following into a war if you utilise their religious belief. Much harder to do that with a complete lack of belief (atheism).

Not saying it's not possible, as with things like nationalism (or even something as small as support for a sports team's fans causing a riot), but it has nothing to do with atheism.

I dont think any religious dictator killed as many people as any atheist dictator.