There is the underlying problem and why the thread was started. You believe that 'religion is evil'. Do you think the Dali Lama is evil ? Do you think Mother Terresa was evil ? Are the numerous religious societies in the Southwestern US who donate their time and money to travel to Mexico to build homes for the poor, evil ? What the heck is evil about your typical Sunday church service ?
Not all of them. But it also foolish to argue that religion is some kind of unmitigated good, especially given the fact that countless millions have suffered and died on account of it and continue to do so to this day.
That is due to the nature of man, not due to the nature of religion. Atheists can kill just as easy as the Pagan Genghis Khan killed.
No, I don't. I believe that religion is irrational and that religion has been used for evil ends, and that some religious beliefs and dogmas are evil, but I don't believe that religion itself, universally, is evil.
That is due to the nature of man, not due to the nature of religion. Atheists can kill just as easy as the Pagan Genghis Khan killed.
No doubt atheists can kill. But atheists don't kill because their atheism tells them to. When some religious people kill, on the other hand, they do so because they believe that their god or their religion requires them to. That is the difference. And that religion-inspired killing and torture is evil.