Governor Daniels - All Horrific Crimes Committed By Atheists

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who is being considered by some as a candidate for president in 2012, in an interview with WANE.com in December, said, "And atheism leads to brutality. All the horrific crimes of the last century were committed by atheists -- Stalin and Hitler and Mao and so forth -- because it flows very naturally from an idea that there is no judgment and there is nothing other than the brief time we spend on this Earth."

Just for the record Mitch...It is well documented that Hitler was in fact a Christian, who believed in an Aryan Jesus Christ. His interpretation of Christianity was a central motivation for his antisemitism. Mao and Stalin are typically considered having been atheists, but this due more to a lack of an official religious affiliation than anything else.

To say that "all the horrific crimes of the last century were committed by atheists" is not only inaccurate but a complete departure from reality. You are forgetting everyone from Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, George Bush, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Eric Rudolph and Charles Taylor to Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson and every douchebag to ever make an appearance on this site, which now includes you.

A vast majority of the wars every fought have had, at least to some extent, religious undertones. Some examples of recent religious "hot spots" are: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kashmir, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Macedonia, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia/Chechnya, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda and just about every abortion clinic and gay bar in the United States, to name a few.

You may also want to consider the fact that the U.S. prison population is 83.7% Christian.

Or, if you need further evidence of just how wrong you are Mitch, you could just take a look at the post above this one.

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