199. Paul of Alexandria:
“If they do, it’s because they’re human, not because they’re Christian.”
Yes and the Ayatollahs are human too.
All the Abrahamic (desert) religions are particularly intolerant and brutal – maybe it’s that jealous God thing and all the genocide, infanticide and rape just to get a small plot of land for the “chosen people”. It’s a bad start for getting along with others.
I know Christians like to bring up Stalin, Pol Pot and even Hitler as secular mass murderers. I would like to point out that Stalin spent the first 16 years of his life studied in a seminary to become a orthodox priest, Pol Pot was raised a Christian and attended Catholic school till he was 19 and Hitler simply was a Christian all his life. I am 3rd generation Atheist. My 3 grown children are now 4th generation Atheists – I wonder if you realize how rare that is. I hope one day, when the majority of people in this world have dumped their superstitious, faith based world view and embraced a rational, scientific approach to solving our common problems and challenges, we will be able to see which approach yields results with the least force and brutality. We have been heading in the right direction since the Enlightenment but it is clear we still have a very long way to go.
