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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Being an admirer of John Locker im sure you've looked at other quotes as well, no doubt you've heard this before.
You take two people from history, who had control of an entire nation (two of the largest nations in the world) and blame an idea on the millions of people they killed. They had control of a gov't with the power to do what ever they wished. If you can use that logic, than i can use the fact that Hitler was a devout catholic who believed god spoke to him and told him to kill the jews and lead his master race. Hitler was deranged and by all means evil. the fact that he believed so much in religion and your god didnt help matters. He twisted facts to his liking just as the Islamic Extremists do today.
Lets start naming murders done in the name of god shall we;
The Crusades - wars done in the name of god for the chosen land and the chosen people
The Salem Witch Trial - Killings done by ignorance and fear in the name of god
WWII - Amongst the hundereds of reasons on why Hitler was able to lead about the greatest mass murder in human history he was a christian and believed he was doing the work of god.
Various Middle East wars - the middle east is a religious war torn geographical region. Shites and Sunnis murder eachother because they can't decide on who is the rightful leader of Islam, which family descendent of Muhhammed is in charge.
Isreal and Gaza Strip - The Jews again. Racist ignorance brought on by generations of religious teaching have caused too many wars between Israel and Palenstien (sp?). And the holy city.
Should i go on?
I could name hundreds of big and small battles where the people responsible believed they were doing the work of god. whats the difference between these wars and conflicts and Hitler and Mao Zedong? They believed with out restriction that they were doing the work of god. Those two gov't leaders MIGHT have been atheists but they controlled gov'ts and as i said before, absolute power corrupts absolutely. They never once said they were killing millions of people in the name of Atheism.
You're a little misguided? how is that against forum rules. I simply said you didnt know as much about what you spoke about as you thought you did. It was not an attack by such cheap standards as name calling, i was stating the fact that you didnt know what you were saying.
The bible was written by god through man, at least thats what millions of humans believe. They believe the bible is the work of god who worked through the authors.
Science doesnt look for philosophical answers as your religion might, but it looks for the answers as to why the world and the universe is the way it is.
Unlike religion, science doesnt hide from different view points and unfavorable answers. Atheism, unlike religion, does not have a doctrine to follow that can be mistreated and twsted. Atheism doesnt make people kill others in the name of Atheism. It is a way of life, for those without a god/gods to live free of religion. we don't teach or children or friends sacred documents that when written were racist and 'misguided'
You could say you bible and religion teaches morality, but you worship a bible 2000 years old that against human rights denies homosexuals to marry, teaches bigoted moral teachings. your bible says to stone people who work on sundays, how many people have you stoned today. Do you love your god more than your mother and father. would you kill them if they say they didnt believe in god? well, thats a moral guideline taught by your bible.
we could go on all day long, and all day long i will keep saying your misinformed and unknowing of this topic. so yes, i would say your a little misguided because your are clearly blinded by your faith.
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Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.[Hamlet] -Shakespeare, William
Where there is doubt, there is freedom -Latin Proverb
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