committed in the name of atheism under atheistic totalitarian regimes like the french revolution, the 3d reich, the soviet-union, cuba, north korea?
2006-08-18 01:41:29 · 42 answers · asked by zorro 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheism is just as much a belief system as any religion or philosophy of life.
And it can and have to be responsible for the actions it encourages it's followers to do.
2006-08-18 02:05:18 · update #1
So the communists were not atheist, they even had museums of atheism where they tried to dupe people into ateistic belief.
2006-08-18 02:15:21 · update #2
That there's still christians in Russia must depend on that the russians are more intelligent than americans....
2006-08-18 02:18:45 · update #3
Christianity was abolished during the french revolution.
The nazis actually were neopagan.
And u americans really suck at european history.
2006-08-18 02:21:16 · update #4
The pope has already asked pardon for the sins committed by christians during the crusades and the inquisition.
So you're next.
2006-08-18 02:24:07 · update #5
you really need to get a life.
2006-08-18 01:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by serin7300 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Where did you get your historical education? Bob Jones University?
There has never been a revolution in the name of atheism. Each of the examples you mention were atrocities committed in the name of power, not secular humanism. The Soviet Union and North Korea suppressed religious organizations because neither government wanted competition for authority, not any kind of "atheistic dogma". Open a real history book instead of pulling nonsense from thin air.
Lying for Jesus. Your family must be so proud.
2006-08-18 02:06:17 · answer #2 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
about the time the Christians fess up for all the murders they've commited..The burning times, Salem witch hunts..unsupported hatred and killing of Muslims and anything else for that matter that lies outside the realm of what ever biblical splinter fundament they belong to.. The Jews were Christians ins weren't they?..At the order of Julius Cesar they commited GENOCIDE on the Persians!..The bible clearly states all though it over and over again..YOU ARE GUILTY RIGHT WHERE YOU STAND!.. in their god's own words "not one of you has this right" and yet they argue, nit pick and murder over it.... so it would seem that NONE of us are any better than any others. so now what?..I just answer a question about Rumi a Muslim poet..Well there are and has been many wise men, Jesus, Buddha, Confucius..need I go on? They knew and wise do also.. the only true path to enlightenment is through the love and understanding of the world and people around us.. until that catches on?.. we will continue to be IDIOTS in general as a species!
2006-08-18 02:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by TimeWastersInc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the french revolution was catholic, as was the 3rd Reich the Soviet Union was communist (no connection to atheism) same with North Korea. Say no to jesus
2006-08-18 02:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean, you actually believe that the whole nazi thing, wasn't a religious derivation of craziness? But of the others, i'll give you those, but turn on your effin television. Iraq/Afghanistan, Israel, syria, iran, hezbollah, al-quaida, the crusades and the countless others, they have been attacking the entire known world, killing innocent civilians in every attack. 9/11, the madrid bombs, london, india trains, no, no civilians were targeted there. You're crazy, religion is responsible for the entirety of woe the world is experiencing right now. Down with religion, maybe we'll get peace. So go ahead, pray to allah, god or whoever is your god of choice, but don't expect me to let you kill others in the name of your religion without pointing to your entirely wrong question.
2006-08-18 01:52:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why should they? Of course we should acknowledge that any belief or non-belief can harbor totalitarianism, but modern American atheists had nothing to do with any of this, any more than Christians are responsible for the Crusades and the Witch-burnings.
2006-08-18 01:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably around the same time that the Christian right takes responsibility for all of the deaths of the Crusades, the Salem witch trials, the Spanish inquisition, the slaughter of over a million native americans and the deaths of millions of central and south americans during the spanish conquest.
2006-08-18 01:49:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
There is no atheist pope or ayatollah. Is Christianity responsible for the people killed during World War I or by the czars or the French kings?
2006-08-18 03:17:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure about it? How about burning people that pointed as wiches on the old period? crash plane on WTC tower in new york? conflict in inrlandia among christians, Cross war between moeslems and christian, Terrorism at some countries, religions conflicts at some countries? So I think the responsible one is the people that feel superior than the others and just they just like an animals that feel it's okay to kill the others, even they have religions. SO not the Atheist or Religions but the stupid arrogance people that called themselves human
2006-08-18 01:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by NoBody 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah! like the Crusades, every Middle East conflict ever, the Spanish Inquisition, the invasion of Iraq, the Ku Klux Klan, 9/11 ....
O no, wait, those WERENT atheists .. sorry, my bad
nevermind
2006-08-18 01:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by tomcrayonsky 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since they were all started be religious people I would say never. Most of those you listed were by people tired of religion and church raping, torturing and killing the people just so religion could get it's jollies.
Atheists will probably apologize as soon as every single religious person apologizes for being the root of all evil in humanity and the cause of 99% of all suffering
2006-08-18 02:05:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋