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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (2601)	10/25/2000 5:22:44 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

Hi CB The difference between what Stalin did as an Atheist, and what has been done in the name of Christ is that at least Stalin was being consistent with his principals. If Atheistic naturalism is true then whatever is, is right. There is no morality to survival of the fittest. On the other hand a Christian who murders someone to further his own gain, is acting in direct opposition to the teachings of Christ. So there is at least an issue of consistency, don't you think? Greg

To: Ilaine who wrote (2601)	10/25/2000 7:53:20 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

That isn't responsive. Atheism doesn't purport to be a religion or a moral code. It is merely a statement about whether or not one believes that a conscious entity created us. Theism in itself is only the belief there is a God-consciousness of some sort, and is not, until we get to that God's injunctions, itself a moral code. Pol Pot and Stalin were not associated with any worldly or "spiritual" institution or any moral code with which I identify or defend. Again, atheism is not a moral code. It is a statement of opinion about a single issue. Atheists are as various in their moral codes as are theists. (And of course theists with all sorts of different orders from their deities have attempted to force them down the throats of other theists who intuit a different package of orders.)