Re: Pascal\'s Wager...
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Atheistic minds are completely open to reality.
Interestingly, the religious mind always requires violence at some point to assert itself. The evidence is timeless and ubiquitous.
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I don't deny that violence has been committed in the name of Christianity, and virtually without exception it has been in violation of Scripture. Christians are sinners too. But if your mind was truly open to reality you would realize that more violence has been committed by non-Christians than Christians by an astronomical factor. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and Hussein, for instance. Only Hitler showed any inclination towards some religious belief, but whatever he believed it bore no resemblence to Christianity. Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot were obvious atheists, and Hussein is a nominal Muslim, but I don't think Islam can be charged with his atrocities.
Humanity is violent. If religion disappeared tomorrow, by Monday the human race might likely have disappeared as well.
Atheism is the truly irrational, for how can you pretend to rationality when you think the universe itself is irrational?
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