Hilarious as usual, atheism gets mentioned and someone claims that horrible things have been done by bad people in the name of atheism. Yet, no names were given, who are these vile people? Please name them folks. While your at it, prove they committed these acts in the name of atheism and not in the name of a political or racial or some other sort of ideology.

As Diver Matt noted, atheism has has "no dogma, no catechism, and no men in funny hats telling people thou shalt and thou shalt not on pain of alleged eternal torment."

DiverMatt you write

'You shouldn't try to shoe horn your alleged deity and the associated, highly dubious morality into a position where that morality influences legislation until you can show, to the satisfaction of a court of law in which that legislation will be interpreted, that the deity actually exists. Good luck with that.'

To late mate. All the benefits of the Western world including your right to rebel were as a result of the One you deny. Look at those who wrote the Amercian constitution. Funny how everyone wants to immigrate to these nations to enjoy the God given benefits.

I say, runner...are you suggesting that God has favourites? Does he cast his benevolence only in the direction of the West? I thought he created the world, etc, etc...for all of mankind. Do ya reckon he is captivated by the greed and excess of the West? Jesus didn't go in for that sort of thing at all, from all accounts. It's curious that you seem to exalt the very conduct that Jesus preached against.

Runner has his own type of religion, and not the norm as we know it
Some religions are putupable, and some are radical.
Some are against women.
Some are money making ventures.
Some are against science.
Some are fairytales.
I am glad to be athiest, if that means i don't have a religion.

Such belligerence!
There is a God.
There is not.
Biff!
Take that you dirty rat.
Are we confusing faith with belief. Belief systems, including atheism, go to war with each other, and history tells us they always have.
But faith? When did anyone ever go to war for the positive uncertainty of faith?
Perhaps a quick way to determine the difference between the two is to ask which always concerns itself first and foremost with sex, with what you can do and what you cannot do, and with whom.

Diver Matt and Grim – you both say that you want equality. Okay, so you can treat other people equally if you want to but why shouldn’t other people treat others unequally if they want to?

Do you think they shouldn’t just because you don’t like that? Why should anyone care what you think? Why shouldn’t everyone do just whatever they like and if what they do annoys you, hurts you or even kills you, why shouldn’t they?

Atheists just don’t seem to be able to get it – if atheism is true then everyone is absolutely free to do whatever they like. We would be under no responsibility to care for anyone or to care if what we do upsets or hurts others. There can be no meaningful morality in an atheistic universe – the best there can be is just raw law