> KS> I would otherwise agree with the statements. Unfortunately
> KS> Christianity has had its dark ages when the evangelism effort of the
> KS> good message had produced very aggressive and cruel actions. In other
> KS> words Christianity as any other mass movement systems relies on the
> KS> internal inertia, and sometimes this social force could mutate into
> KS> something that the original idea opposed.
>
> True indeed. But atheism has also had its dark ages. Just consider the last 70 >years or so in the USSR, where some 20 million people perished because they >failed to understand the only way to universal happiness.
I agree, and there's something in common with both the atheist/political
movement and middle Ages Christianity. And that key word is 'fanaticism'.
Another good key word is 'prejudices'.
I don't need to justify atheism mostly because I'm not an atheist :-).
> Of course you could say that that wasn't your brand of atheism, but I could equally well say that the other wasn't my brand of Christianity.
Agree, however mass movements are created using political or religious
ideas, and as such they easily backfire. I must say that if a religious
idea is created by an omnipotent God, certainly this being should know
the possible outcomes and make sure that the idea is not misused. In the
case of political atheism we are dealing with human beings that don't
have this vision. In other words the theistic side has to justify
why their God didn't make sure that the religion wasn't misused. The
political side (communism) has already agreed that they erred...
Kent
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