Dawkins claims the world would be better without religion - no 9/11, no7/7, no crusades, no witch-hunts etc. Has he forgotton about Stalin's Soviet Union (that brand of communism originated in dialectical materialism), a self-proclaimed 'scientific' and atheistic ideology? Has he forgotton about Hitler's Germany where Jews were seen as a viral infection requiring drastic solutions (i.e. total destruction) and Hitler played fast and loose with religion to manipulate the German people? Has he forgotton about Mao Tse-tung's China, pro-atheist and anti-religion? Would he, or you, for that matter, care to live under those less than begnign dictators in their atheistic and Godless countries? Let's hear the arguments for and against Pluralism v Totalitarianism. Let's ask whether we should respect the right to adopt freely chosen beliefs (within the law) without insult or persecution. Let's ask what this world would REALLY be like without religion - a better place?
2006-12-26
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