freediver wrote on Oct 9
th, 2023 at 9:43am:
...Actually, the one ideology that has killed more people than any is atheist. There is nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to control what you think, and who sincerely believes they are doing it for your own good.
Okay... firstly, atheism is
not an "ideology". This
indicates to me that you don't really understand the
concept of the individual, atheistic state of mind.
In fact, atheism is the
exact opposite of an ideology;
it has no specific opinions or beliefs or dogma that are
characteristic of an individual, group, or culture. For
example, conservatism, communism, environmentalism,
socialism, corporatism, fascism, and Marxism are all
common ideologies.
Each of those adherents can be an atheist—which
means that, effectively,
each of them follows a
different ideology.
And of course theism is most definitely an ideology.
—I'd also be interested in exactly which global and/or
territorial wars have been fought in the name of, or for
the cause of atheism. Half a dozen will do.