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6. The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy - Hitler, Stalin & Pol Pot

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 02:14 PM

Feb 2019

https://michaelsherlockauthor.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/the-atheist-atrocities-fallacy-hitler-stalin-pol-pot-in-memory-of-christopher-hitchens/

The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy – Hitler, Stalin & Pol Pot
In Memory of Christopher Hitchens

Religious apologists, particularly those of the Christian variety, are big fans of what I have dubbed, the atheist atrocities fallacy. Christians commonly employ this fallacy to shield their egos from the harsh reality of the brutality of their own religion, by utilizing a most absurd form of the tu quoque (“you too”) fallacy, mingled with numerous other logical fallacies and historical inaccuracies. Despite the fact that the atheist atrocities fallacy has already been thoroughly exposed by Hitchens and other great thinkers, it continues to circulate amongst the desperate believers of a religion in its death throes. Should an atheist present a believer with the crimes committed by the Holy See of the Inquisition(s), the Crusaders and other faith-wielding misanthropes, they will often hear the reply; “Well, what about Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler? They were atheists, and they killed millions!”

Yawn...

Been there, read that...

Worth repeating...

a most absurd form of the tu quoque (“you too”) fallacy, mingled with numerous other logical fallacies and historical inaccuracies.

For my part, I have found it helps to study more than one book.

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Historical proof of what has transpired in atheistic regime [View all] nightwing1240 Feb 2019 OP

Pretty sure this has been covered before ExciteBike66 Feb 2019 #1

I already covered much of this, but focusing in China as more current. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #11

Your argument was no less nonsensical Major Nikon Feb 2019 #32

OK. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #43

Not this shit again Major Nikon Feb 2019 #2

You know you're on shaky ground when you go-to argument is... Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #10

LOL trotsky Feb 2019 #14

No "u"? I think it reads just as well without any, actually... Glorfindel Feb 2019 #28

atheist is a personal belief. there is not an athiest religion or regime. nice try tho nt msongs Feb 2019 #3

The purges were as means of control, not supression of a contradictory belief system. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #4

All of these things are about control zipplewrath Feb 2019 #7

Explain that to the millions of dead theists. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #12

Soviet purges also killed atheists. trotsky Feb 2019 #15

Whataboutism? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #17

Yes, and they purged atheists. trotsky Feb 2019 #19

This was about intolerant and violent atheists. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #21

So if they were motivated by atheism, why did they also kill atheists? trotsky Feb 2019 #22

Where did you read that? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23

"This was about intolerant and violent atheists." trotsky Feb 2019 #25

You made a claim. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #40

I claim that you think atheism motivated them. trotsky Feb 2019 #48

Sorry, your claim is refuted by my actual words. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #50

I am fully willing to admit my error. trotsky Feb 2019 #70

What I said: guillaumeb Feb 2019 #81

"I cannot say what motivated them" trotsky Feb 2019 #83

Well, if I say one thing and you insist that I "really" meant the opposite, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #85

Your posting history makes your beliefs clear to everyone. trotsky Feb 2019 #88

Ah yes, the "everyone" fallacy. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #90

Ah yes, the "small group" fallacy. trotsky Feb 2019 #92

Again, trying to call a small group "everyone". guillaumeb Feb 2019 #96

Your link goes to an OP that does indeed exhibit whataboutism, which is definitely... trotsky Feb 2019 #99

You reveal much. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #100

Indeed I do. trotsky Feb 2019 #103

Congratulations on your openness. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #106

I am not interested in your red herring about my private conversations with you. trotsky Feb 2019 #109

"the quest" guillaumeb Feb 2019 #111

Thanks! trotsky Feb 2019 #113

Even better. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #115

That's your line. trotsky Feb 2019 #116

You outdo yourself. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #117

I'll hand-deliver it to you. trotsky Feb 2019 #118

The ultimate in justice is forgiveness. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #119

Then why do you continue to dehumanize others? trotsky Feb 2019 #120

Oh and LITERALLY everyone can click on each of these links to see your consistent behavior. trotsky Feb 2019 #94

How could they be motivated by atheism? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #33

That was never said. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #41

So they weren't motivated by atheism Major Nikon Feb 2019 #44

Because they are atheists. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #45

You can certainly rule out some things Major Nikon Feb 2019 #46

I described one aspect of Stalin. His atheism. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #49

And you keep trying to connect those dots without ever managing to do so Major Nikon Feb 2019 #56

You might not see a connection. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #59

Yeah, but that was never said, right? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #60

Well since he was a Communist and he said his goal was to force collectivation marylandblue Feb 2019 #54

Explain that to the millions of dead atheists Major Nikon Feb 2019 #38

So genocide of indigenous peoples by Christians just gets swept under the rug? MineralMan Feb 2019 #5

Whataboutism? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #13

Again, for pete's sake. MineralMan Feb 2019 #18

Sorry that it needed to be pointed out. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #20

Just as I said, in my edit, which was done while you were posting. MineralMan Feb 2019 #29

I wonder, should we start picking on all his typos? trotsky Feb 2019 #30

But, see, he thinks we already do, because someone laughed at MineralMan Feb 2019 #31

An admission? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #51

Nope. Don't take it literally. MineralMan Feb 2019 #58

Wow, you really do believe in your conspiracy theories. trotsky Feb 2019 #72

And you amaze me at times. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #82

You personally insult everyone who disagrees with you every time you post about... trotsky Feb 2019 #84

Interesting use of straw on your part to construct the figure you wish to oppose. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #86

Again, you judge and you dispense eye-for-an-eye justice. trotsky Feb 2019 #87

No, I am noting the obvious. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #91

Projection indeed, gil. trotsky Feb 2019 #93

But do you? eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #95

I'll let readers be the judge. trotsky Feb 2019 #97

So you refuse to answer the question. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #98

"So you refuse to answer the question." trotsky Feb 2019 #101

Read my last sentence. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #102

Again, irony is dead. trotsky Feb 2019 #105

Hyperbole is never dead in your responses. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #108

OK, let's play this game. trotsky Feb 2019 #110

"directed by another"? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #112

And an interesting evasion to my question. trotsky Feb 2019 #114

Look at all this "straw": trotsky Feb 2019 #89

Laughing at yourself? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #42

Again, Nope. MineralMan Feb 2019 #63

What would the ability to laugh at oneself require? eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #64

Just a mirror, Guy. Just a mirror. MineralMan Feb 2019 #66

Speaking from experience? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #67

Sure. My father told me, MineralMan Feb 2019 #68

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #69

LOL, the OP is an exercise in Whataboutism. Mariana Feb 2019 #24

Bingo. n/t trotsky Feb 2019 #26

The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy - Hitler, Stalin & Pol Pot NeoGreen Feb 2019 #6

Hitler was a Christian. Mariana Feb 2019 #16

Hint... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #27

We don't have to rely on hints. Hitler and Drexler told us the official religion of the Nazi party. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #74

I know, but... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #75

Fair enough. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #76

Peter the Great didn't bring the proletariat into the 18th Century... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #77

Not to worry. Putin and the church will take them back into the 18th Century. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #78

I'm worried they have plans to... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #80

Mostly they used religions playbook Major Nikon Feb 2019 #37

Thank you. Duppers Feb 2019 #39

I don't think anyone ever said atheism was "perfect" either. trotsky Feb 2019 #8

"My faith commands me to..." Major Nikon Feb 2019 #34

Exactly. MineralMan Feb 2019 #35

LOL Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #9

None of the atheists I know approve of that behavior or anything like it. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2019 #36

+1 n/t happybird Feb 2019 #55

atheists come in all flavors Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #65

Stalin had a mustache. He killed a lot of people without mustaches, and some with. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #47

One of these is not like the other... Snackshack Feb 2019 #52

Your conjecture is deeply flawed. procon Feb 2019 #53

The figure is highly unreliable muriel_volestrangler Feb 2019 #57

Robert Conquest, 1968. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #73

YES, but Catholics and Protestants murdered each other back and forth long before demigoddess Feb 2019 #61

Communism attacked religion, in response ... Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #62

Some forget Marxist opposition to religion didn't emerge in a vacuum. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #71

Your blaming of Atheism is misguided JPK Feb 2019 #79

For the Love of Dog, people ... 'victims' is not synonymous with 'dead people' ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #104

People who continue beating this dead horse RoBear Feb 2019 #107