Hi gutterboy,
Let me thank you for your very intelligent reply to my post.
For the most part,I agree with what you are saying.
It would indeed be ridiculous to blame atheism in general for crimes committed by specific people who happenned to be atheists.If I gave the impression that I was doing so,I apologize to anyone whom I may have offended.In my defence however,I was replying to a specific post,not making a general statement.
It was the arrogent suggestion that when "we stop letting people worship god" evil will stop,that set me off.I was attempting to show the silliness of that particular statement,not to blame all evil on atheism.
The final paragraph of your post,is very,very well written and expresses exactly and concisely what I think on the matter.
As for Hitlers atheism,there are several passages in "Mein Kaempf" which touch on the matter,but the book is so badly written that I would rather concede the point,then under go the torture of looking up the relevent text.
Happy July 4th.
