Whenever people try to say Atheism was the cause of deaths of millions because stalin or pol pot were atheists it's daft and nonsensical. It's taking a complex set of political ideologies, and economic ideas and pointing and saying "if they believed in a deity they wouldn't have had these political views!" Does it matter what kind of deity they believe in? If stalin was a spinozan deist would that have stopped him? What about if he had been wiccan? Maybe if he believed in the greek pantheon of gods? Would that have prevented it? If the answer is "no" then atheism was not the cause, because it still would have happened in the absence of it. Or is the implication that only Jesus can save us from collectivism through violence, media propoganda, and ethnic cleansing? It's a daft, ignorant view arrived at by simplistic correlation. Why not just claim that mustaches lead to mass violence? There is a correlation there as well.
Non stamp collector does a good job of putting it in it's place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZr-JZYctvA
Edit: Why can't I get my youtube video to embed? I used to back when I was on the site months ago. Did something change?
Edit 2. Excelent, thank you sir for the help.
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