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JMO: Millions have been killed by the non-religious.
E: Yes, and millions have been killed by the religious.
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JMO: Personally it is an argument which I have always hated, from both Theists and Anti-Theists.
E: What is the argument?
E: Anti-theist describes those who are against theism. (Is that correct?) There are theists (who believe in the existence of a divinity), there are atheists (who do not believe in the existence of a divinity), there are agnostics (who believe that the existence or non-existence of a divinity cannot be known), there are the ambivalent, and there are the apathetic. Most anti-theists are probably atheist, although most atheists are probably not anti-theist.
JMO: The idea that by talking of all those that have died in the name of religion that religion is therefore false.
E: Religion refers to beliefs concerning the existence, nature of deities. I do not see how dying for a belief suggests that the belief is either true or false; it does, however, suggest that the believer felt very strongly about the belief.
JMO: Either God exists or God does not exist.
E: I agree
JMO: 'Thousands have been killed in God's name' so God does not exist.?
E: That makes no sense.
JMO: Stalin, he was an Atheist and massacred millions'.
E: Stalin, if you ask me, was not very nice. Neither was Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, or Hirohito.
JMO: These are moral arguments, not arguments about God.
E: Killing others because of religious belief may suggest to those who believe that killing others is wrong that the religious beliefs of the killers are wrong. Those who kill because of religious belief are of the opinion that they are doing good. In either event, believing one way or the other does not disprove the existence of a deity.
JMO: Stalin did not kill because they were Atheist, and an Atheist killing many doesn't prove that God is either good or exists.
E: I agree
JMO: Whether there is good, or whether there is not does not matter.
E: Whether or not and action is good or bad is opinion.
JMO: the question is simple, does God exist or does God not exist?
E: That seems to be the question.
JMO: It matters not what those who believe or do not believe think, it has no place in arguments about God's existence.
E: I agree with you.