Hi Ron, on the specifics you may be right, but it shows how pointless this debate is, given that you also agreed with the general point with Platt. (We could have a debate whether a Christian was necessarily a theist either, but that's probably a waste of time too.)
What matter is not what people "profess" to believe, a "label" they adopt, but what people do with such beliefs, tolerance of other beliefs, pragmatism in the face of empirical evidence etc ... quality & values. DMB points out that the "evil committed in the name of atheism" is simply a meme, a cliche, a standard response trotted out in response to anyone who suggests evil aspects of religion. (DMB gives the Sam Harris example; I linked to a Dawkins exmple here http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1481 ) Equally as David M points out - the authoritative belief dogmas of religions (or any school of thought) may be evil, but even theistic religions like Christianity have their good points. A question of balance - saving baby from bathwater ejection. Ian On 1/18/08, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian: > Hitler was an atheist. > > Ron: > Hitler was a Christian > > http://www.nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
