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"Webster's makes it clear that "wickedness" is archaic..."
Not sure what kind of point you imagine making since I never mentioned "wickedness".
"a disbelief in the existence of deity; the doctrine that there is no deity"...."No creed...."
OK; creed; A formal statement of religious belief; a confession of faith.
A system of belief, principles, or opinions:
dictionary.reference.com
"Doctrine;
1. A principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group; dogma.
2. A rule or principle of law, especially when established by precedent.
3. A statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs and military strategy.
4. Archaic. Something taught; a teaching.
Synonyms: doctrine, dogma, tenet"
dictionary.reference.com
And you said it was ridiculous of me to point out that you were dogmatically opposed to dogmatism
Sounds like atheism is a dogma and a creed to me, and there are certainly extreme, dogmatic, fundamentalist, atheists. As Joe's post demonstrates once God is jettisoned evolution becomes the explanation/excuse for everything. The fundamental evolutionary ethic is "might is right". Stalin was just being a consistent atheist. You have no logical basis to say what he did was evil, there is no evil in atheism and;
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