Atheists are having it too easy.

[peterc661]

Perhaps if Atheists were promised paradise on Earth before they died, they might be willing to give their death to nothingness.

but there not thats the thing

[CookieMonster]

when was the last time any of use heard of an Atheist blowing himself and people up

Well Atheism is only really a new religion so it's got a ways to go yet. But certainly the militant atheists are annoying enough to make one want to blow one's self up... if that counts.

But Christians had the crusades, Muslims had 9/11, I'm sure the Atheists will have some sort of mass killing period in the future.

[Cato]

Oh, atheists do bad things - just like everyone else. But atheism is such a pared back belief system that very very little can be attributed to it.

Exactly. Atheism is simply an assertion that no god exists. It has no normative content. Theists need to recognize this and lay off their simplistic assertions.

[Cato]

Well Atheism is only really a new religion so it's got a ways to go yet. But certainly the militant atheists are annoying enough to make one want to blow one's self up... if that counts.

But Christians had the crusades, Muslims had 9/11, I'm sure the Atheists will have some sort of mass killing period in the future.

Nonsense. Atheists have nothing in common with religion and is not any form of religion.

[peterc661]

Well Atheism is only really a new religion so it's got a ways to go yet. But certainly the militant atheists are annoying enough to make one want to blow one's self up... if that counts.

But Christians had the crusades, Muslims had 9/11, I'm sure the Atheists will have some sort of mass killing period in the future.

as some fella once said "as long as there's man there be war"

[stringjack]

when was the last time any of use heard of an Atheist blowing himself and people up...

The original suicide bombers were Russian anarchists in the late nineteenth century, records indicate that there were plenty of atheists among kamikaze pilots, and it would be surprising if there were none among the Tamil Tigers.

[Andrew49]

The most dangerous military stratagem was organised by King Goujian of Yue (present-day Shanghai, northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu) in 496 BC. King Goujian's army was known for forcing their front line, composed of criminals sentenced to death, to commit suicide by decapitating themselves to scare their enemy before battle. If they refused their whole family was killed.

[4horsemen]

Well Atheism is only really a new religion so it's got a ways to go yet. ....

This displays ignorance of the fundemental difference between dogmatic belief and rational analysis. Really a period of reflection and study would be useful before entering into further debate on this thread.

[Nosferatu]

when was the last time any of use heard of an Atheist blowing himself and people up

If I may rephrase your question, when was the last time you heard of an atheist blowing themselves up in the name of atheism, why would they it's not a belief system.

[Nosferatu]

If I may rephrase your question, when was the last time you heard of an atheist blowing themselves up in the name of atheism, why would they it's not a belief system.

Or rephrase your question and paraphrase Richard Dawkins.