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In reply to the discussion: WHY is There so much HATE in this country??? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Sorry. "Atheists produced" is, essentially, nonsense. There is no core dogma or central philosophy to "Atheism". The Juche philosophy of N. Korea worships the Kim dynasty as Gods, themselves, essentially. Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot had their own belief systems. The "Atheism" of Karl Marx could not be, functionally, more different than the "Atheism" of Ayn Rand- the only common factor, if you can call it one, is what they did NOT believe in.
Whereas, like it or not, there are more than a few common threads between fundamentalist stripes of the major Western Monotheisms.
See where I'm going with this? I agree that saying "religion" or blaming "religious belief" is ridiculous, counterproductive, lazy, and I would even agree with religious people who feel its insulting. IMHO "religious fundamentalism" would be a more effective and accurate way to make that point.
But going "neener neener, Atheists" really isn't much of a counter-argument.
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