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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">StoneHands</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">BobDesperado</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Rockadelic</strong> said:</div><div>To me, an Atheist who claims they know beyond a shadow of a doubt that their is no "God" is just as ignorant as the Christian/Muslim/Etc. who claim indisputably that there is a "God".<br />
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	They may believe they're right, but in both cases it is a form of Faith, not facts.<br />
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	I guess by classification I'd be an Agnostic, but I will always leave the window open that I may learn something one way or the other right down to my final breath.</div></blockquote>
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	I don't know a single atheist of the "would not accept actual evidence" camp.  I also don't know of any who are attempting to ban gay marriage because their imaginary friend tells them it's bad, or who are trying to push pseudo-science like "Intelligent Design" in public schools.<br />
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	I'd like some examples of the terrible things atheists are supposed to be doing (in the name of atheism) to our society that match up with the innumerable cases of horrific shit being done by theists (in the name of their various sky fairies).</div></blockquote>
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	Not in our society. The twentieth century is a century of atheist-led massacres and oppression exemplified by the Soviets and various clones. Now, Im sure the answer is - no, its not atheism that's responsible. And I would say that's true, as there are plenty of more obvious social, economic and political factors. However, I wish that this courtesy would also be extended to theism.</div></blockquote>
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	Wow.  That's especially funny.  Nazi Germany was a Christian nation, not an atheistic one.  The Turks who ran the Armenian Genocide were Muslims, were they not?  <br />
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	Russian Communism was a religion unto itself as far as I'm concerned, with atheism as a sidelight, not the main feature.  Stalin (like Mao) made himself a godlike figure while promising the peasants a future paradise.  Communism of that sort was a parody of religion.  Not "you'll have pie in the sky when you die," but "your kids will have pie after the Glorious Revolution succeeds.  But for now, no pie."<br />
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	I'm talking about OUR society, right here, right now.  Where Big Bad Atheists like Hitchens and Dawkins and Harris seem to be mostly guilty of saying mean things about religion.  How terrible of them.

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