[Mage]

(03-31-2019 06:47 PM)Ouroboros Wrote:  

Atheism =/= rationalism in general. Atheism = rationalism applied only to the question of whether God exists or not.

Being an atheist does not compel you to ignore your sense of empathy or your instincts, abandon any ethical code you might have, or take any action whatsoever.

Wrong. Life is too interconnected to be selectively rational and still make correct conclusions. The question of God existing or not affects every minute detail of life.

Everyone who thinks he is the same guy whether he believes in God or not is short sighted. Your beliefs change you slowly but surely.

(03-31-2019 07:16 PM)Ouroboros Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 02:52 PM)Mage Wrote:  

These tiny religious wars and persecutions are dwarfed by the atheist killings and persecutions of WW1, WW2, and Communist regimes. And abortions.

Atheism has killed more.

Wars involving nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, missiles and machine guns kill more people than wars involving spears, arrows and swords.

Do you really think the Crusades or the Islamic invasions would have been any less destructive than the wars of 20th century if they had had modern weaponry?

Wrong. Today we have war in Ukraine and in middle east the kill count is very low compared to many ancient wars. Kill count would be higher if not for technology allowing more precise strikes and advanced espionage.

By the time society had progressed so that nukes and chemical weapons were invented Christians learned to stop making religious wars and Christianity of 20th century was peaceful. Atheists still dragged behind that.

Christians started to worry about weapons of mass destruction since late middle ages.