re genocide is caused by atheism in article qjf o t horus ap mchp sni de frank d s uucp frank o dwyer writes in article qimbe sp fido asd sgi com livesey solntze wpd sgi com jon livesey writes in article qif g fp horus ap mchp sni de frank d s uucp frank o dwyer writes in article qialf p m fido asd sgi com livesey solntze wpd sgi com jon livesey writes i forget the origin of the quote but i gotta use words when i talk to you an atheist is one who lacks belief in gods yes if so then it s entirely plausible that an atheist could dig lenin or lennon to such an extent that it might be considered worship and still be an atheist anything else seems to be newspeak ask yourself the following question would you regard an ardent nazi as a republican simply because germany no longer had a kaiser no because that s based on false dichotomy there are more options than you present me and that of course is the point you can t simply divide the world into atheists and non atheists on the basis of god belief if all you care about is belief in a supernatural deity and have nothing to say about behaviour then belief in a supernatural being is your criterion but once you start talking about behaviour then someone s suscept ibility to be led by bad people into doing bad things is what you are i assume worried about and in that area what you care about is whether someone is sceptical critical and autonomous on the one hand or gullible excitable and easily led on the other i would say that a tendency to worship tyrants and ideologies indicates that a person is easily led whether they have a worship or belief in a supernatural hero rather than an earthly one seems to me to be beside the point jon
