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Of Gods and Men

To Tom,Once again the actions of maniacal dictators who were atheist individuals is utilized to perpetrate the allusion that atheists are mass murderers, or at least are to be feared for their lack of belief.Lunacy and maniacal behavior seemingly know no boundaries based in theology, though some things point to the idea it might help if one were.No atheist led groups ever swept across Europe or the Middle East crusading with their swords to impart their lack of theocratic belief to others. No atheist led groups have perpetrated attacks on abortion clinics, hi-rises or claimed to be at war with theocracy, nor western civilization as a whole, while the same can not be said of various theocratic groups in the world.While theists take their best shots at the vilification of atheism, the stark reality that exists is quite simply we are not the enemy of neither man nor religion.Atheists DO fear the killer of the body because that ends life, no matter what one believes comes afterward. When you're dead, the existence in this plane of consciousness, the only one we are all unequivocably assured of, has ended.Some atheists, myself included, tend to fear theocracy itself because the overwhelming historical evidence points to more wars, oppression and death perpetrated by one theocratic group or another upon the people of the earth at the hands of maniacal followers of one god or another than from any other single societal force.If and when one can find mention of an atheist claiming they want to kill theists over their beliefs, then you can reasonably place that atheist in the company of theological groups who openly profess such a goal.However, you can rest assured they will be in the most minuscule minority of minorities when you find such an atheist individual and they're not likely to have even a hand full of supporters.Conversely, when you happen upon a Muslim professing such belief you'll likely find multiple, if not thousands of supporters, financial backing and a decided will to achieve their goals :>/