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To: Junior
Well...you don't see too many atheist terrorist organizations...

Au contraire, Junior. Every Marxist organization, from the Bolsheviks to Pol Pot, the old/new Black Panthers, SLA, etc. is an atheist organization. So were the syndicalists and anarchists who spread terror in Europe and America in the early 20th Century. But, as I said in reply to Misterioso, it would be more than just a little unfair to blame atheism, per se, for the crimes of these groups. So it is also grossly unfair (not to mention irRational) to paint with so broad a brush regarding crimes committed in the name of religion. Religion, like patriotism, makes a convenient excuse when one wishes to lash out at humanity in general. It doesn't mean there is anything fundementally wrong with either. And I don't think I am off base when I detect the smug, anti-religious bias of this article.

101 posted on 10/25/2002 10:54:15 PM PDT by pariah
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To: pariah
Yeah, shortly after I made that comment I realized the errors of my ways. Maybe I should have said something along the lines of "much of today's terrorist activities are based upon some form of 'doing God's will." Or some such.
112 posted on 10/26/2002 5:53:03 AM PDT by Junior
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To: pariah
And I don't think I am off base when I detect the smug, anti-religious bias of this article.

Bullseye.

181 posted on 10/27/2002 6:43:12 PM PST by Phaedrus
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