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To: jennyp
>>>>You're kidding, right? Did you miss the 20th century? China? The Soviet Union?

>>That's not atheism's fault.

Yes it is. Atheism cannot offer an objection to genocide. Some atheists have belief systems independent of the definition of atheism which object to genocide.

If you cut the breaklines, it's hard to argue you're not responsible when the car crashes.
246 posted on 10/16/2003 8:52:40 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

>>>>You're kidding, right? Did you miss the 20th century? China? The Soviet Union?

>>That's not atheism's fault.

Yes it is. Atheism cannot offer an objection to genocide. Some atheists have belief systems independent of the definition of atheism which object to genocide.

If you cut the breaklines, it's hard to argue you're not responsible when the car crashes.

True, if you convince someone that their worldview is based on a lie, you probably do have an obligation to show them why morality itself is still securely justified. But I'm an Objectivist, so my morality has never depended on a pronouncement by a supernatural Authority Figure or Creator anyway.
283 posted on 10/16/2003 1:55:08 PM PDT by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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