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Old 05-18-10, 03:01 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Really? How many holy wars have atheists started? Burnings at the stake?

I've met a few who sounded like religious fanatics (anti-religious fanatics?), but by-and-large most atheists I've met wouldn't hurt anyone who disagreed with them.
Hitler and Stalin were athiests. It'd be wrong to imply that non believers are any less murderous than anyone else. Religion is just a handy excuse, a non religious excuse would serve just as well.
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