The killing is a human flaw, NOT the religion. It's not that NO religion is right, but rather ALL religions are right (in my own, personal opinion). God had a different approach to showing different groups of people how to live life... unfortunately the majority of people misunderstand the important themes that religions bring or use religion as a tool for their own motives.
it's indeed a human flaw, but it doesn't change the fact that religion is often the reason why people kill eachother and this will probably never change
Yep. Atheists have murdered religious people en masse in order to try to purge the world of religion. It's been a convienent scapegoat for them for a very long time. If we'd all just become atheists then we wouldn't have this problem. Yup yup. Just like the song says.
some examples would be great, thank you. And don't get me wrong, I don't claim atheist to be perfect or anything. The truth is there's no group of people that is perfect. But I'm sure you agree with my previous statements about religion being a big cause for people killing eachother
Chairman Mao - killed 20,000,000 (for political reasons) Stalin Killed 20,000,000 (for political reasons) Hitler killed 12,000,000 (for political and religious reasons, however he claimed to be Christian in his beer hall talks). So, the tally for Atheist leaders is a grand total of about 40=52,000,000. Oh, but wait! So we have to pull the communists into a different category don't we... Shocking! No Shlit Sherlock And going against my own judgment - I'll quote the rest. Shocking! Horrifying! Oh good lord the SKY MUST BE FALLING! SAVE US! SAVE US ALL! Communists Don't Kill in the Name of Atheism... Hitler Was Not an Atheist... Fundamentalist Atheism / Atheistic Fundamentalism Does Not Exist... Criticism of Religion & Theism is Not Intolerance... Y-y-y-you mean, I won't get killed for having a criticism of religions! No. It means You might get labeled or killed, but it's nothing more than criticism. Being Irreligious is Not Like Criminal Behavior... Ahahahaha... Will Atheists Believe in Anything? Well, I don't believe in sock puppets... I must be an atheist.
why did hitler have the bible burned with the book burnings if he was a Christian? Nothing about his beliefs were christian, he tried (just like the kkk does today) to use the part about the Jews killing Jesus to somehow get people to fight with them, this works well with the uneducated, ignorant person who doesn't read the bible but takes the word of others instead. This trick of using a little truth and mixing it with lies to motivate someone is as old as time. Hitler used his little bit of knowlege to manipulate others with little knowledge. If he knew anything about what the Bible says, he would have realized that every person in the world is responsible for Jesus' death. But that Him rising from the dead finishes the whole deal so no one has to be punished or killed for the death of Jesus. Hitler was a con artist, a fraud. He can be baptized into any relious system he wanted to, it does not make him christian as much as standing in your garage makes you a car.
As Jackuul pointed out, 52 million people have been murdered in a quest to purge the world of all religion. A fraction of that have been killed in the pursuit of one religion trying to conquer another religion. Atheism is the state religion of communism as is stated in the Communist Manifesto. Socialism also has no place for religion as Hitler discovered. Why is religion (especially Christianity) such a problem for Socialism and Communism? Because Christianity teaches people to put God above government. It makes people think to much about what the government is telling them to do. That's why the Catholic Church didn't like Luther's notes in the Bible. The Bible also teaches Christians to question the church. All authority in fact is subject to questioning in Christianity. Atheists don't have that problem. For them, morality is defined by society and in communism and socialism, society is defined by the government. Atheists in turn ask fewer questions. Such as when millions of babies are murdered every year. That makes them far less of a problem for the government. In communist countries the only religions allowed are those sanctioned by the state. Everyone else risks their life to practice their religion. Same in Islamic countries.
What twisting? It's a fact. The quest to purge religion has cost more lives than the handful of quests to establish a religion.
Ummm....my organization does not go around killing people...IN fact,,,, we have never done....(was that a lead balloon I hear falling???) Col
They heard rumors on the internets that religion is the cause of the world's problems. That and a pot head communist hippy said so in a purty sounding song. But then they ran the numbers. Now they have to run away from the facts. So sad.
I bet the Muslim's grown percentage would be a bit higher if not for all the suicide bombings, and stonings.
holy sh*t))) You dont know much about communism, if USSR were atheists they wouldnt celebrate EACH christian celebration like easter and all that stuff. Please post things that you know. However, if orthodox church is atheistic to you, then you are right.
Sorry, but Stalin is christian, you know about Stalin as much as I know about some US president in 18th century. P.S: Stalin (Dzugashvili) - georgian.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marx.html It must be true. The sticker says so. If Stalin was Christian then why were so many Christians murdered in the pursuit of communism? The orthodox church was somewhat allowed to survive only because it didn't go against communism. I already explained this.
So you deny that he is a georgian borned christian ? So, if he killed christians, he has to be an atheist?
I see doomed people. Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're doomed.
whole Russia is doomed to you, and the "bears are walking on our streets" oh, forgot to mention: "it is also very cold and freezing there", currenty > +35C