Religion turns children into assholes

[guillaumeb]

16. Well noted.

I am comparing citizens as a mass versus individuals acting as individuals. But every mass of citizens is composed of individuals, so the macro reflects, to some degree, the individual.

But China is an excellent example of a country with no real history of theism, save that imposed by European colonialists. And this country, these mainly non-theistic citizens, comprise a Government that behaves every bit as brutally as the worst of the theistic countries.

Your examples of Saudi Arabia and Iran well illustrate how badly theists can behave. As does most of history, for that matter.

As to the charge of "demonizing atheism", I have no such intent. Nor, as another poster has insisted, do I "hate atheists".

Atheism is a position that I do not share. I do not sat it is a bad position, or that people who share it are bad people. I simply do not share the position.