And why do atheists think it's okay to associate Christians with Hitler, but do not even take a closer look at their own history? Don't give these, "It was done in the name of atheism" line. These people hated religion just like most of you do.
2007-02-10 07:29:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
These people you mention were ultimate despots who looked at themself as the one to be worshipped. I lump them together with all you other religious goofballs trying to tell me who or what I should worship.
By the way, why not watch the movie, "Shakes the Clown" and try to deal with some of your own anger issues.
2007-02-11 09:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those tyrants you list killed the people who resisted being controlled. In the same way, Catholics and Protestants killed each other for a long time in Germany. And the Christians who killed their fellow-Christians the Albigensians, and exterminated the Cathar people, did so for the same reason - they cannot stand to see anybody escaping from their control.
In the case of China, since you mention Mao, take note that they do not outlaw churches there. They just insist that all churches must be under government control.
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2007-02-18 04:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by fra59e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictators have used religion though out all of our history either against it or in the name of it. Blame for whatever is wrong at the time must be placed onto someone. The dictators you mention were afraid of, not only religion, but any group of people that may raise up against them. It was, therefore, not so much about religion as it was about fear of any large group of people.
Hitler, in his own mind, thought he was a Christian and that what he was doing was the right thing. He believed that only by cleansing the white race could there be a perfect world. He thought that all others, blacks, Jews, Chinese, etc were less then human and therefore killing them was the right thing to do. But remember one thing about Hitler, Stalin and the others, they had no problem killing their own people too. Thousands of Germans were killed by their own government during Hitler's time. Many of Hitler's own followers were killed if he saw them as threat.
Most atheists blame religion for all wars which is just not so. All thoughout history wars have been fought for one reason and one reason only, power and control. Religion is a tool to get others to join their side, either for or against it.
2007-02-10 08:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot were all ecucated less than the Catholic gadget. Mao i'm not certain about, he became probably taught Confucianism or Taoism yet i quite do not learn about what he became taught to trust. Kom Jong il looks to were knowledgeable by technique of the chinese, State faculties in his personal u . s . and at theUniversity of Malta {L-Università ta' Malta Motto: Ut Fructificemus Deo (Latin for "we ought to continuously deliver about fruit unto God") commonplace 1591} that is an elite and quite Catholic company. I heavily question if maximum folk of them were surely atheists.
2016-11-26 21:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why did the Vatican sanction the Conquistadors and the inquisition? They killed, tortured and maimed all with the blessing of the church. Secular political leaders seldom if ever sought to further the cause of atheism just their own political ideologies.
2007-02-10 07:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yet more proof that evil, intolerant people are evil, intolerant people no matter what they believe. Intolerant....like you.
P.S. Marx was absolutely right about religion, he just didn't factor in the withdrawl symptoms, and none of the societies that operated under the name of communism used any spiritual methodone.
2007-02-10 07:39:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They resent any authority higher than themselves.
Who associates Hitler with Christians? Hitler persecuted all of the Christian churches.
2007-02-10 07:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Communism was faith for these people.They were eliminating the competition,kinda like the Christians did in the Inquisition and the Crusades.True atheists don't depend on any system of faith.We don't need the crutch.And we don't kill people because our fauth tells us to.
2007-02-17 02:36:03 · answer #8 · answered by Zapatta McFrench 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Biased Sample" is a fallacy whomever uses it.
But I do wonder how many economists argue that not believing in capitalism has lead to the most deaths in history, blah, blah, blah? This is not a line of reason, let it go.
2007-02-10 07:43:07 · answer #9 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are not a group like Christians are. Those "atheists" are much far "related" to me than any pedofile priest is to you as well
2007-02-10 07:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by FAUUFDDaa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋