XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.islam, alt.society.liberalism
From: lunch@nofreelunch.us
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 07:06:25 -0400, Kurt Nicklas
wrote in alt.atheism:
>In article , hlwdjsd2
>@NOSPAMgmail.com says...
>>
>> In article ,
>> Kurt Nicklas wrote:
...
>> > The greatest mass-murderers in history were atheists. Stalin was one of
>> > them. Yet now there's a move in Russia, slow but sure, to rehabilitate
>> > him. Where's the empathy?
>>
>> Stalin was a psychopath. His religion was irrelevant.
>
>He was an atheist actually. He lead the Soviet Union for decades and
>died a natural death.
But you have made it clear that you know that his murderous actions had
nothing to do with his atheism.
>Are you saying all the millions he lead in the Soviet Union were
>psychopaths also?
Societies can become insane. Germany suffered the same fate.
>> As for rehabilitation, it's awful but I see all the forces that have led
>> to that, so I'm not certainly not surprised by it. That Putin is a
>> quintessential Bond villain. But, of course, the key is to understand t
>> he reasons for something and then work with that to come to an agreement
>> everyone can live with.
>
>How can that happen when they're all psychopaths?
>
>> Just calling someone an evil fuck accomplishes nothing.
>
>So why do it? And where do you get off doing it? Why do you think you
>can impose your morality on anyone else?
>
>> > You can't build a society on 'empathy'. One man's 'empathy' is another
>> > man's immorality.
>>
>> Psychopaths don't have empathy so they obviously have to be kept under
>> control.
>
>Who's to judge who's the pshychopath? You? Lots of pshychopaths are the
>ones IN CONTROL.
>
>You don't believe in an absolute standand of ANYTHING, do you?
It is possible that such a thing exists, but no religion has ever
offered a defensible one.
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