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by dennisgorelik
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If anything, atheism has stronger correlation with wars and violence than religion has (after controlling for the age of civilization). Consider WW2: it was not backed up by religion. USSR was an atheist state and Germany was only mildly religious. How about Cambodian Civil War: what was Pol Pot's religion? |
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"Atheism?" You're absurdly arguing that every war not started by a recognized religion is started by atheists. You're overlooking the fact that a non-religious war is most often fought by people with religious beliefs -- not atheists.
> USSR was an atheist state
Oh, do learn some history. By that reasoning, prohibition stopped Americans from drinking, and laws against prostitution prevent sex workers from plying their trade.
Do you know the term "self-reference"? This conversation has a big element of self-reference. You're defending religion for a reason other than a dispassionate pursuit of truth, and you're not very bright. You represent the I.Q. norm that's been scientifically established for religious people.
If your arguments were more than paper-thin and self-contradicting, if you had the requisite intellect to construct substantial arguments, you wouldn't have religious beliefs and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Self-reference.