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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/08/2018 15:41, Giulio Prisco
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.12.1533566509.6153.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"
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<pre wrap="">I trust you'll concede that the regimes that perpetrated the
atrocities described in the Wikipedia article are not abstract
entities, but formed by persons like you and I. I trust you'll also
concede that these PERSONS committed ATROCITIES in name of atheism. So
please no more of this bullshit that atheists don't commit atrocities
in name of their belief. They do, just like the theocratic
fundamentalists they claim to oppose.</pre>
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You trust wrongly. There's a different between an atheist doing
something because they're power-hungry, greedy, afraid, etc., and
doing something <i>because they're an atheist</i>. The atrocities
fall into the former category, not the latter. Even if some did,
that wouldn't invalidate my point. They'd have to be isolated cases,
not the general rule, and I've still never heard of any.<br>
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These PERSONS didn't commit their atrocities <i>in the name of</i>
atheism. As I said, they committed them for other reasons, usually
to do with gaining and holding on to power over other people.<br>
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"please no more of this bullshit that atheists don't commit
atrocities
in name of their belief"<br>
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Well, you're right that that specific sentence is bullshit, just as
the statement that "people who don't take part in any sport do X in
the name of their sport" is. Atheism is not a belief system. Surely
you understand that?<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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