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Atheism considered harmful
Dinesh D’Souza has an article in the Christian Science Monitor (which, to quote some of my opponents in debate rounds in high school, are biased neither towards Christians, Scientists, or Monitors) entitled Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history. Too many people blame religion for the problems of the world, when in reality the secular impulse and the rejection of God from politics and social life has, in the past few decades, caused more bloodshed than religion has in the past 2000 years. From the article:
Whatever the motives for atheist bloodthirstiness, the indisputable fact is that all the religions of the world put together have in 2,000 years not managed to kill as many people as have been killed in the name of atheism in the past few decades.
It’s time to abandon the mindlessly repeated mantra that religious belief has been the greatest source of human conflict and violence. Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history.
People who separate their moral views from their political action are surely separating the source of all human rights from the forum in which human rights are deliberated and protected. The secular world is screaming that religion is responsible for the world’s problems, particularly the worst and most intractable problems, and by failing to assert our viewpoints in the public square, the church is agreeing enthusiastically. While it is still the church’s responsibility to renounce the violence that has been (and in a few places continues to be) done in Jesus’ name, I’m really sick of all of the self-flaggellation. The truth preached by the Church is Christ crucified - and that is the hope of the world. It’s time we start remembering that.
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