tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post8134215043612591058..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Atheism murders 45 million. . .in just four years!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-83610788653656987732010-09-18T22:40:09.204-05:002010-09-18T22:40:09.204-05:00"...once a culture has stopped believing in s..."...once a culture has stopped believing in some sort of transcendent Good, the only objective measure of right and wrong is power and violence."<br /><br />Is the "transcendent Good" of necessity supernatural? Are there no examples of secular societies that are humane and moral?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056377038486402824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-33736587921053519162010-09-18T22:11:01.014-05:002010-09-18T22:11:01.014-05:00Tony, none of the above.
This is simply a defea...Tony, none of the above. <br /><br />This is simply a defeator/counter-example to the ridiculous claim made by the used care salesmen of atheism that religious belief is responsible for most of the wars, etc. in the world. <br /><br />However, I would add that once a culture has stopped believing in some sort of transcendent Good, the only objective measure of right and wrong is power and violence.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-54035857593306064812010-09-18T21:46:31.715-05:002010-09-18T21:46:31.715-05:00Is the implication that atheism predisposes to mur...Is the implication that atheism predisposes to murder, or that Mao's crimes were done in the name of atheism, or both?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056377038486402824noreply@blogger.com