From jefferis at petersonsales.net Wed Nov 1 11:12:00 2006 From: jefferis at petersonsales.net (Jefferis Peterson) Date: Wed Nov 1 12:12:31 2006 Subject: [Roundtable] Atheism's Body Count Message-ID: I've a new article up. Here's the intro: http://www.scholarscorner.com/apologia/deathtoll.html Atheism's Body Count - Ideology and Human Suffering Atheism's Murder Rate: More than 250 Million Dead in the Past Century It is often argued by humanists and atheists that religion is responsible for most of the suffering caused by war in human history. It is often argued specifically that religious violence proves God does not exist.* While it is true that religious wars have been notoriously bloody, and waged so contrary to their founders' teachings, religion's followers have no exclusive corner on the market when it comes to creating suffering. Atheism it seems is at least as bad, if not worse. What follows is a brief, tongue-in-cheek, rebuttal to humanism's utopian hope for a peaceful world through the elimination of all religion: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com