As I said. Dogma and ideas kill people not God.
It can be athiestic or theistic, it does not matter. Give the
ignorant a reason to kill and they will kill. You don't need to
believing in God to become a raving, killing monster. You just need
to believe in something, anything that justifies the killing to
another human being.
Atheism could also be used for a reason to kill just as much
theism is. If somebody convinced you that being athiest, and
removing all the theists was the best way forward for humanity and
that one has to do what it takes to achieve that goal. It's
entirely easy to see how all this could happen.
My point is not that atheism is inherenty bloodthirsty- my point
is ANY idea can become a bloodthirsty and murderous idealogy under
the right/wrong conditions. The problem is human beings. If
athiests can disavow the actions of the communists then Christians
and Muslims can disawov the actions of the crusaders and Islamic
extremists as well, and what have you not.
Hence I find this focus on religion as the root of all evils
ala. Dawkins greatly myopic.
At the end of the day, theism or athiesm is a philosphical
framework from which you determine your worldview and actions. The
decisions and actions you take with this framework is entirely up
to you. But enough with the claptrap that theism inherently leads
to violence. All ideas do. Being an athiest does not automatically
make you more peace-loving or rational.
Of course any ideology can, but its the extent that matters. I
dont think an atheist would want to give up his life in a suicide
attack, unlike the many religious that would do it today. The fact
that religion advocates life after death shows how dangerous it is
as it convinces people that dying in this life in an attack is
somehow good, making them a martyr
