Sentences with phrase «name of atheism»
The findings on why we distrust atheists also point towards another potential way of reducing such prejudice: by reminding people of charitable and altruistic acts committed in the name of atheism.
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Plenty of «atheist folk» have done bad things in the name of atheism.
Big difference, They didn't do it in the NAME of Atheism or to further the faith of atheist, they just happen to be atheist.
thefinisher1 If they didn't do it in the name of atheism why mention that they were atheists at all?
Not one of those secular leaders you named ever killed in the name of atheism.
It is also the case that none of those individuals you mentioned did what they did in the name of atheism.
None of those men heading up their regimes did anything in the name of atheism.
None of those killed were in the name of atheism; it was a government that did that.
Stalin and mMao didn't suppress in the name of atheism.
Atheist aren't killing themselves or others in the name of atheism.
Killing by atheists is not the same as killing in the name of the atheism or with atheism as the justification.
And, snore, since you think of yourself as a great historian, please remind us which «war» Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot started in the name of Atheism?
They were dictators and not all of them atheist by the way, but did any of them start a war in the name of atheism like the crusaders or the ottoman turks?!
How many killings do you know of that were done in the name of atheism?
Please list ANY instance where a war was started in the name of atheism — where the end goal was the glory or defense of a lack of belief.
I agree that Atheists have killed a lot of people, but NEVER in the name of Atheism.
In fact, I know of no case where mass murder was committed in the name of atheism.
NOBODY has ever died in the name of atheism.
Hey genius, just because they were atheists doesn't mean they killed in the name of atheism.
Especially the notion that no one has ever done something evil in the name of atheism.
The murder of millions was not in the name of Atheism.
Hey dumb - dumb — those regimes killed very very few in the name of atheism.
Never said «in the name of atheism».
All those atrocities were not done in the name of Atheism.
NEITHER of us said it was done in the NAME of atheism..
Most deny the existence of murderous atheists because they didn't «kill in the name of atheism».
As for Stalin, he didn't murder millions of his own people in the name of Atheism.
Note that Atheists don't kill people in the name of Atheism.
@Chuckles «Own up to the fact that what you yourself has posted shows that men like Stalin or Mao didn't kill in the name of atheism or to expand atheism, but murdered to consolidate their own power and bolster communism.»
What I reject however (and PLEASE read this closely) I reject that the atheist person (stalin in this case) killed in the name of atheism.
But if Christian regimes are held responsible for their crimes committed in the name of Christianity, then atheist regimes should be held accountable for their crimes committed in the name of atheism.
@Chuckles «men like Stalin or Mao didn't kill in the name of atheism or to expand atheism, but murdered to consolidate their own power and bolster communism.
I agree that there needs to be some separation of church and state, but look at the name above, and remember names like Hitler Stalin and Mao all glorified in the name of atheism and science and equality, and they were a catastrophe!
You made the claim they did it in the name of atheism, then shot yourself in the foot with your own cut and pasts, and have ignored that ever since and continued to make the same assertion.
@Chuckles «No one kills in the name of atheism,» @Chad «utter nonsense, atheism is the official state policy, eradication of all religion a stated goal.
No one kills in the name of atheism, the people who were killed in china, or the soviet union, or north korea, etc...
========== @Chuckles» I reject that the atheist person (stalin in this case) killed in the name of atheism.
More people have been killed in the name of atheism than any religion ever did.
Yes Chuckles... the religion goes by the name of atheism, or secularism, or scientism.
No one, at least to my knowledge, has ever tried to lead a nation and kill believers in the name of atheism.
So the assertion that the USSR and China are atheists countries that killed their citizens in the name of atheism... is ABSURD!
Also note that in the name of atheism, Stalin and Mao Tse Tung also murdered millions.
Nobody has ever killed in the name of atheism.
When Atheists do something bad, it's not in the name of Atheism, now is it?
How many wars have been started in the name of atheism since then?
Has anyone ever even heard of someone murdering in the name of atheism?
As far as I know, no one ever killed in the name of atheism.
You can rationalize it wasn't really in the name of atheism, like Christians can say it wasn't really in the name of Christianity (Christ preached peace, not war).
More wars and death have been created by religious leaders than any that can be said are done in the name of atheism.
Mao did his ugly deeds in the name of atheism no more than hitler did his war deeds in the name of christianity.