2007-05-12 05:25:06 · 23 answers · asked by maffism 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, refer to Boo's answer please...understand the deeper meaning behind her words please. Though atheists did not get together and wage these wars, the parties did ban all religion.
Christians are blamed for everything from killing babies to destroying intelligence...we do not like being associated with those either, but you expect us to just take it and not use any counter arguments.
Barbarians and pagans waged many, many wars...a great deal of them fall under the definition of atheists.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-12 05:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As others have mentioned, until the Communist dictatorships of the 20th Century there were no Atheist governments in a position to wage a war. The atheist rulers of France after the French revolution conducted a bloody persecution of religious believers in France and probably would have waged war against other countries to impose atheism if they had remained in power long enough.
2007-05-12 12:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by lunn992001 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just to reiterate what a couple posters already wrote, atheism is not a religion, a philosophy, or a belief system. Atheism has no cause. A core atheist doesn't believe God doesn't exist. They simply don't believe in God. Lack of belief doesn't constitute a belief system. Get it? Many folks have a hard time understanding the difference.
2007-05-12 12:38:33 · answer #3 · answered by Dog 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
~~~maffism ,,,, You specifically used the term "war" which renders Boo's answer, and those who agreed, completely off the mark. The short answer to your Q is "No". Atheism has Never been the Foundational Premise on which ANY war has been waged. Not to be confused with a group which has atheism as one of their tenets. Atheistic Conquerers are rarely Idealistic and could care less about the Defeated's Belief System,,, Only that they Submit to Ruling Authority.
2007-05-12 13:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by Sensei TeAloha 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it's relevant. Guilt by association is a lousy argument.
It also annoys me how you think that all atheists have some sort of 'common cause' that we fight for. That's not true. The only thing that unites atheists is that we don't believe in any god or gods. Being an atheist has nothing to do with any kind of 'cause.'
@Dust in the wind:
You're referring to a single group of atheists. That's the problem here.
Rocks don't believe in god. Rocks, therefore, are atheists. Would you say that rocks have a common agenda to annihilate Christianity?
I'm an atheist who doesn't want Christianity wiped off the face of the earth. Gee whiz, I'm a counter-example!
2007-05-12 12:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by Dylan H 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
None. China and the Soviet Union had no "atheist cause". Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and the rest were opportunists and power-mongers, nothing more. What many theists love to gloss over is that during their revolutions, both countries slaughtered freethinkers, artists, and atheists with just as much glee as they murdered theists. Communism was never, ever about atheism. Communism (as practiced by China and the USSR) was all about control and domination...and tolerated no other rivals be they religious or philosophical.
2007-05-12 12:52:49 · answer #6 · answered by Scott M 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Boo is right on.....blinders are very convenient to have on when trying to view the world....it is easy to see the down side of a person that does not share your own point of view...but it is much more important and enlightening to see the same in your own point of view...but that would be asking for two more things ... integrity and maturity
Also just recently watched a history channel documentary on Hitler....Yes he claimed to be Christian...but was deep into the occult and denounced much of the Bible publicly....he used what he could to bring the crowds under his "spell". He professed to one of his close advisers...that Christianity was powerful but that it was false.....and he used it with that belief
2007-05-12 12:32:32 · answer #7 · answered by chico2149 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How many did the Soviet Union wage?
2007-05-12 12:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you know, a lot of em, oh, no...Not All Of them, are just too busy calling the Christians, and the "imaginary God" which we believe in, Crazy.
So I think they have no time leftover to fight, but you know and I know, they got a fight comming, only trouble is, they are gonna be led down this path, fo them lined with gold, straight to the Slaughter house...
I can see em, Yeah, yeah, right on, wow!!!
I do not know what just happened, but all the Christians are gone outta here...
Yeah check out this cool Dude, he's got it all figured out, now we can put all the religions together...
And man can you believe it!!! no more "x-tians" to bug us here on Yahoo! Answers...What a perfect world...
A little bit later, Hey up there, can you get me a glass of cold water???
Hey, just an ice cube would be fine...
Argh!!! gosh dang christians, I se em over there in Paradise, if I could just get across that Great Chasm...
Oooh, why didn't I just listen to them...
DJH
;)
2007-05-12 12:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by gemseeker 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The Bible & Koran Are
Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Holy Books and Doctrines of Faith
promote superstition, ignorance, bigotry,
intolerance, elitism, self-righteousness,
sectarian violence and religious wars.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
2007-05-12 12:30:44 · answer #10 · answered by shiverz 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋