similarities between New Age atheists and religious nut jobs (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Thursday, December 09, 2010, 04:01 (5076 days ago) @ George Jelliss

I agree if religion ceased there would still be disputes over territory and materials, but it wouldn't be made so much worse by a "them and us" mentality. There is very litle difference genetically between Jews and Arabs for instance; their conflict is based on their religious identities. Peace would become much more easily negotiable.
> -I have to disagree with you on this. People will always find a reason to hate each other. You need only look at examples such as Nazism, the Black Panthers, KKK, anti-abortionists, ethnic cleansing in Africa, etc. It is not that people hate each other based on religious differences, they hate each other based on differences period. They have a need to feel superior to those around them and will find any reason at all to justify that feeling of superiority. If you remove religion from the equation, it will be race, if you remove race, it will be ideology, location, education, wealth, or some other triviality. Maybe it is just that I do not have an overwhelming faith in humanity, but my the reasoning behind that lack of faith is well justified. -This is probably one of the biggest problems I have with the Atheist community as a whole. They seem so focused on dealing a death blow to religion that they are blind to the fact that it is not the fundamental element that has to change. If you care to argue the statement on them wanting to oust religion, I would suggest a perusal of the Dawkins.net forums.