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Smidlee on 20 October 2010
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kowhoho said:
The Anarchyz said:
strunge said:

yeah, belief in God is so awful, it was only a major component in Manifest Destiny that led to the creation of the United States by Christians, as well as the backbone of Christian societies which are directly responsible for the majority of facets in modern life. 

perhaps aethiests shouldn't be so insecure about their beliefs and they could see the positive outcomes that belief in God have led to. 


Manifest Destiny? i really hope that you're being sarcastic about this one...

0_o Ditto, anarchyz. Wtf? Manifest Destiny is responsible for the deaths of countless native americans. ("God wants us to expand west no matter what so it shouldn't matter if we slaughter our way there herp derp")

It's an awful point to make. Belief in God turned a potentially peaceful expansion plan into a course of destruction.

LOL . You do know two of the greatest civilizations in America were destroyed long before the white man set foot on the land. One of the things draw men west was gold.  Also I thought it was guns that helped the western civilizations to expanded. Thus white men were shooting other white men France, England, Spain  with Indians sometimes on either or both sides.  You know what each of these  nations have in common ? A government.

 One of the reasons  why western governments are not expanding like their were in the past is not because they are now more righteous but the extreme high cost of war.

The Vikings were at first conquerers and violent which what most of history focus on. They even destroy churches in England but that was for just a short time. In reality most Viking were peaceful and join churches in England. (the gospel converted many Vikings) But we like to focus more on the short violent years instead of the many years living in peace in England.