****ing scummers. Personally I would finish these *******s off once and for all.
Just ban all religion - end of most problems in the world in one fell swoop.
I think Hitler, Stalin and Chairman Mao had a pretty good go at that, how many people died while those good ol' atheists "tried to end world problems"?
Surely that's a weak argument. They didn't indulge in genocide in the name of atheism, nor are they somehow evidence that religion makes the world a safer place. Have to agree with Ronald Manager here - maybe it's time to pack away the fairy stories and all just get along......
Surely that's a weak argument. They didn't indulge in genocide in the name of atheism, nor are they somehow evidence that religion makes the world a safer place. Have to agree with Ronald Manager here - maybe it's time to pack away the fairy stories and all just get along......
If it's not religion, Homo Sapiens would find another reason to destroy each other. It's in our DNA.
“Religion has to answer for some of the most terrible crimes in history.
This is not the fault of religion, it is the fault of the brutish nature of man.”
Surely that's a weak argument. They didn't indulge in genocide in the name of atheism, nor are they somehow evidence that religion makes the world a safer place. Have to agree with Ronald Manager here - maybe it's time to pack away the fairy stories and all just get along......
I blame those with Neanderthal genes quick burn them all !!!Not at all. Communist Russia and Communist China actively opposed and tried to eradicate religion, as a result of which millions died. Far, far more people have died at the hands of, or following, leaders who actively opposed religion and saw it as dangerous, than have died in "religious" wars. The simplistic comment was the one that said ban religion and we would all automatically be lovely smiley happy people who wouldn't hurt a fly. We are Homo Sapiens. Conflict is what we do.
If it's not religion, Homo Sapiens would find another reason to destroy each other. It's in our DNA.
OK - banning religion wouldn't solve all the worlds problems but it would make it a beter place. Freeing up all their wealth would probably go some way to paying of most of the defecit and all that real estate could be used to provide affordable housing.
It's all fairy stories anyway. In the same way we look back at when we burned witches at the stake with disbelief we should by now be viewing people who worship any kind of god in the same manner.
Well as the witch burning was also a bit of a myth ;) (aside from Salam but those yanks tsk ), sadly COE is no longer teh largest land owners in the uk . And Only the Catholic church holds any real wealth (Scientology is a corporation ), none of thats going to help :P
No but it demonstrates that the worst mass killers of history did so with out the so called ideology of hatred that religion brings out in people and just shows what a ******** ego based race we are.
WE can also add various Ceasers who though their we're God's Byzantine God Kings Pharaohs and Genghis Khan (who in a letter to the Pope wondered why they he and god simply bow to him).
It's a methodology for making you feel a bit fuzzy (if you pick a "good" maybe wise benevolent and fluffy_ ... is religion it has a purpose like whittling , you use that to make interesting wooden objects , you don;t use either as form's of social control , government or an other overriding "because i said so " argument (same also goes for Evolutionary Scientist, just because they are evolutionary scientists !!!) .
Take every religious building in the UK, knock it down
Seize the wealth (actual cash, gold, artwork, artefacts etc) of all religions and use the proceeds of that to build affordable housing for people who do essential jobs (policing, nursing etc) on that land.
The work generated for the building industry alone would stimulate the economy, having a knock on effect for all areas of the UK and solving a major social issue into the bargain.
It will never happen but I for one would vote for any party which proposed it.
Well, the holocaust was religion based, so to say Hitler's actions were nothing to do with religion is a bit of a stretch.