Atheism and Moral Values

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Griff

Mao's Great Leap Forward was a cultural genocide. I fully acknowlege that Christianity was/is guilty of this but I wanted to remind everyone that communism and nationalism are skilled murderers as well. From my under-grad days, I remember the campus lefties were in denial about their heroes and were happy to lay all evil on religion's doorstep. I just want to be sure you're not in an environment producing moral blind spots.

Haha. I am fully aware. Even though my political views are towards the left (it has become more diverse as of late), I do not idealize any leftist leader. Keep in mind that the left is as diverse as the right. My idealization of leftist authoritarian leaders such as Mao, Stalin, Chavez, and such are strong as Radar's idealization of George W Bush.

As I said in my last post and you seemed to have reinforced, strong nationalism tends to be the major problem and that can happen in societies of both left and right, religious or atheist. Even though many political views do have a right or wrong, the vast majority is completely subjective and by declaring your subjective view as the "right way", it will only lead to oppression down the road. This includes my own views as well.

[Griff]

Nicely put.