Bad or Good?

One of the more odious myths propagated today by the likes of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins is the belief that religion does more bad than good, and that it is responsible for not much more than war and hatred. This idea first gained notoriety in the late nineteenth century, with philposophers like Fredrich Nietzsche predicting that the increasing popularity of atheism would usher in a new age in the twentieth century. It did...an new age of evil, with more war casualties, more genocide, and more politically motivated killing than the rest of history combined. Atheistic nations like the USSR and Blood-Red China murdered more than fifty million of their own people, as well as aggressively pursuing global conquest. Adolf Hitler*, who was held captive by the doctrines of Nietzsche and Charles Darwin, pulled the world into the worst war ever while murdering millions of Jews. Dictators have turned nations like N. Korea and Cuba into Bible-burning, Christian-torturing prison states. The crimes perpetrated by all of the misguided religionists since the dawn of time put together is a fraction of these godless regimes' wickedness.

Conversely, who are the first to compassionately respond to victims of natural disasters? Who give more sacrificially to the poor than any other group? Who are the most likely to give up successful careers in order to serve the underprivileged full-time? Who are the most likely to adopt one of the world's 143 million orphans? (I could go on and on) Religious people...specifically, the Christians that Hitchens, Dawkins, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler love to hate.

*Hitler made seemingly Christian statements at times, apparently to unite religious leaders behind him. But he was obviously guided in his governance and his lifestyle by Darwin and Nietzsche.