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    Timnea,

    So what, Hitler tried to use the church for his own ends. Every despot in power tries to use any organisation to boost their power base. Hitler was no different but his belief was based on the Aryan race being more evolved.
    If he was a christian then please explain how he put into practice love thy neighbour?

    As for Stalin, he was an athiest pure and simple and acted out his personal code of athiest ethics. If you say he acted extremely, then please do not use examples of extremes in religion to support your point.

    Yes there have been attrocities committed in the name of religion, but there have been more attrocities committed in the 20th Century by athiests acting consistently with their world view, that is there is no absolutes, so i can do whatever I can.

    Trying to narrow the debate to atrocities committed in the name of athiesm is a red herring. Athiesm and religion are based on beliefs and people will act according to their beliefs. just because athiesm does not have an organised structure like many churches, it does not mean that attrocities have not been committed in its name.
    The mass murderer Bundy said that no God, so why stop the killings he was doing.
 
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