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(12-18-2011 02:05 PM)cooperbh Wrote:  Mao and Stalin did not commit their atrocities in the name of atheism.

The Crusades, the Inquisition, witch burning, abortion clinic bombings, the list goes on and on... all committed in name of Christianity.

Nobody is making assumptions. Christianity is directly responsible for millions of deaths and countless amounts of suffering throughout history. It's a statistical fact. I've never heard a single account of someone being killed or tortured because they rejected atheisim.

Sorry, but two can't play that game.

I am not one to get into politics nor theology. However, I feel the need to point out an error on your part. Christianity is not to blame for the Crusades, nor the Inquisiton. Both of those assaults were the results of men craving power and money....nothing more. The whole Christian ideology was simply a cloak to conceal the true motivation and intent.

As a matter of fact, almost every large scale conflict can be traced back to wealth and power.

For the sake of full disclosure, I am against any religious promotional advances. Some call it evangelism; I call it an invasion of autonomy. I believe in living and letting live. I believe in believing and allowing others to believe. I am Catholic and I am proud to say that I have never tried to convince any one else that my beliefs are true.

To tell you the truth, I don't think that anyone has all the right answers. And, if they think they do, then they are truly arrogant. If you believe in a great creator, then you must recognize that said creator opperates at a different intellectual level than we do. Following words written by men, is folly and should be done with great personal reflection and humility. Reason and faith are not mutually exclusive, they are just difficult to reconcile.

With respect to atheism. I seem to recall several totalitarianistic regimes that killed in abundance to stamp out the "opium of the masses." Well, the purpose was not to stamp out the "opium", it was to assume control and power over the masses.....religion was simply seen as an obstacle to that end.

Faith should be carried in the heart, not on the sleeve.