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Originally Posted by Sam988  The biggest difference is that you won't expect a random person on the street to know the right answers. Many people, when they go to psychics, will take what the psychic says very seriously, and they may even take life changing decisions based on what the psychic advises, thinking that he "has the answers" because of his supposed supernatural power. Same goes with religion gurus.
When you believe in someone so much that you think that if you follow all of his advices you will end up well, that's when things can get dangerous. |
Let me pose a hypothetical situation: let's say that I am a world leader who, miraculously, comes up with proof based on careful logic and deduction that God cannot exist. I then state to all the atheists of the world that we must therefore purge the world of all non-atheists, as we cannot afford to have a world filled with people living their lives based on delusions. Some people, who think that I "have all the answers" due to my supernatural intellect, actually go through with my advice and begin to murder and ravage non-atheists.
Soon after, a man known as Dan889 posts a message on a popular internet message board, "Atheism can be dangerous and harmful" in which he points out how people who trusted me due to my superior intellect actually went through with actions that did much more harm than good. This Dan889 character then also states, "People should never make important decisions in the lives based solely on atheists' advices."
Is Dan889 misguided in his criticism of atheism?