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Thread #100330   Message #2017188
Posted By: Mrrzy
05-Apr-07 - 09:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: New things about atheism
Subject: RE: BS: New things about atheism
Central Virginia, USA. Public school. Amazing to normal people, isn't it? And Charlottesville is a bastion of democratic thinkers in this sea of republicans. You should see our voting record, normally.

Little Hawk - "Believers in communism were killing non-believers in communism, Mrrzy." - sure. But again, it wasn't atheists killing believers in gods *just for* believing in those gods. I repeat, I know of 0, no, documented cases where an atheist killed a believer only for believing.

Also, and this isn't just for you, but when *I* say Religion, I do not mean any world view or ethos or something like The American Way, in your example. I mean a system regulating worship of a deity or their prophet(s). Even those of us red-blooded Amurricans, no matter how patriotic, do not *worship* the Flag, or the Bill of Rights. I admire the Bill of Rights greatly; I do not worship it.

Lessee - begging the question - when I say Worship I mean Pay homage to in the expectation of getting something out of it, like salvation, eternal life, life after death, better weather, what have you.