Was the torture carried out in the name of atheism?
No, of course not. Very good point - it would be fallacious to attribute all actions of atheists to atheism.
Render unto Ceaser that which is Ceaser's.Very good point - it would be fallacious to attribute all actions of atheists to atheism.
You'll be saying Stalin was a bad man because he didnt believe in god next.:S
Why draw parallels where they don't exist?
Tom got the blame, but it was a shifty little mouse all along, no doubts no distortion, call a spade a spade ( not being derogatory ) etc etc.
MY Point (i illuded to it) would be.. that any structure that determines the course of mankind has religion at it's foundation, it existed before it was named, and as any rule, only needed a book of words to adhere to.![]()
What does atheism have to do with the chinese communist governments illegal torture methods? You've stretched that one a bit! Looking for an anti atheism link were you?
The structure that you allude too is called society. The problem with religion is that it trys to set pathways for society to follow..
...we are doomed forever to suffer the religious that plight our societies.