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Originally posted by uberarcanist
Atheists probably killed double or triple (at least) the number that believers ever did.
Originally posted by uberarcanist
Atheists probably killed double or triple (at least) the number that believers ever did.
(2 Chr 13:15 NRSV) Then the people of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the people of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
(2 Chr 13:16-18 NRSV) The Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hands. Abijah and his army defeated them with great slaughter; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain.
Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the people of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
(1 Sam 6:19 RSV) And he (God) slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark
of the LORD; he slew
seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.
(Num 16:32-33 NRSV) The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households–everyone who belonged to Korah and all their goods. So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
(Gen 7:21 NRSV) And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human beings;
(Joshua 6:21) Then they devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
(Joshua 8:22)Israel struck them down until no one was left who survived or escaped.
(Joshua 10:37) and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it; he left no one remaining, just as he had done to Eglon, and utterly destroyed it with every person in it.
(Joshua 11:1-4) People of Hazor, Madon, Shimron, Achshaph, northern hill country, Arabah, Naphoth-dor, Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites (again?), the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites and the Hivites unite against the Israelites.
( Joshua 11:14) All the spoil of these towns, and the livestock, the Israelites took for their booty; but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed.
(Exo 12:29 NRSV) At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
Originally posted by johnsky
why would atheists have reason to kill?
For the most part, Atheism comes about due to the disgust in the carnage that is seen when two religions go at each other.
Most atheists become atheists because they cannot possibly see any way in which a 'loving' god could possibly exist, when they look around them and see religious people killing in the name of god, or simply believing that god is on their side while they do kill.
I've never known of atheists to band together and attack a religious group.
Originally posted by jiritzan
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Originally posted by ValhallasValkyrie
Trust me, there is NO way you can claim that atheists have killed more than believers. Hate to burst your bubble, but I suggest you actually research what you are going to say before you say it. Anything less makes you look ignorant.
Originally posted by the titor experience
reply to post by detonator
How to destroy the possibility of many humans using the evolved skill of logic and rational thought:
1. Make assertions relating to a deity existing without any conclusive evidence - judge those who question the lack of evidence in a negative light rather than acknowledging it as being a sign of intelligence.
2. Use the notion of "divinity" to hide from obvious absurdity.
3. Murder millions of innocent men, women, and children throughout the ages in the name of religion despite preaching of the need to be kind and compassionate to one another - claim these murders have little to do with religion.
Originally posted by aleon1018
reply to post by Conspiriology
Just imagine what those people would think if Bhutto suddenly reappeared like some resurrection. Or this so-called anti-christ performed this so-called miracle. Doesn't it seem so scripted and easy the way she died? Somewhat like JFK.....so easy to arrange.
It's as if she was dying to be a martyr. These middle eastern areas seem to expect this anyway. Besides, she also claimed that Osama was dead. Maybe he had made several general tapes or the voice was never his in the first place. Anything is possible.....even a clone or a surgically altered person. Some Muslims claim the Jesus that died was a clone or twin etc.
Anything is possible with the right technology or illusions. Even the bible warns: "You shall know them by their works" Time will tell how so-called prophecy fulfills itself, even though some things occur naturally like clockwork anyway.
Originally posted by detonator
Isn't it interesting -- holy books are full of forgiveness, love and compassion and yet they killed millions, burned witches, tortured and stone(d) people. No power in them to convince followers otherwise? Think.
Originally posted by ValhallasValkyrie
Umm... how do you figure this? Can you give any proof to this statement?
No war has ever been fought in the name of atheism. No one has ever been hunted down and burned at the stake, pressed to death with rocks, stoned, drowned or hung by atheists.
No Crusades have ever been started in the name of atheism. No inquisitions ever begun in the name of atheism.
I cannot think of ONE instance of atheists killing mass amounts of people.
Let's look at the number of people who died during the Spanish Inquisition for heresy alone. That number is a whopping 44,647!! And that is just heresy alone! The total number is 150,000!! All done by believers!
In the bull of Innocent VIII (1484) 300,000 witches were brought to the stake. 300,000!!!
70,000 witches were hanged under the Act of James I.
And I haven't even touched on the Crusades or the number of people who died in the United States for witchcraft.
Trust me, there is NO way you can claim that atheists have killed more than believers. Hate to burst your bubble, but I suggest you actually research what you are going to say before you say it. Anything less makes you look ignorant.
VV