sapphi_snake said:
mrstickball said:
I think you could also argue the opposite can be true concerning religions/ideologies and crimes against humanity.
If indeed someone has comitted a crime in the name of atheism (and I believe people have...I think that Stalin's views were certainly enforced by an atheistic worldview), then the inverse must be true - that people have comitted crimes in the name of religions, too. I don't think there is an innocent ideology when it comes to the presence, or absence of religions. People have killed in the name of Jesus, Allah, the Spaghetti Monster, and who should of won on America's Got Talent. Stupid stuff happens...Even in the name of crazy things.
The most important thing we can do is create a world to where we're free to debate the merits of ideologies and beliefs in pursuit of the right kind of ideologies that are free from the violence and murder that many people cling to in the name of particiular ideologies. Its like the Bible says 'As iron sharpens iron, so does one man sharpen another'. When groups of people prevent that - regardless if it is fundementalist Christians, Muslims, Atheists, or Zororastrians, then there is a major problem. We've seen that the real thing that causes death and violent purges is when one group of people prevent civil discourse and debate....Regardless if the prevailing party is religious or anti-religious.
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You just had to quote the Bible and loose all credibility by throwing your religious beleifs in people's faces, right?
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What are talking about? Its a qoute that is non religous. Sure it came from the bible but there is nothing religous about it. Its about people, and it was a fitting qoute. If you are going to condem for that than you are just being blind and not tolerant in any way.
