Re: Pope blames atheism for all the worlds problems.
Madnak,
The Pope is talking about the atheistic regimes that arose in the 19th and 20th century. Your wrote:
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So humanists aren't placing themselves above God, they are merely suggesting that we - human beings - are the most powerful entities in our immediate vicinity. And that therefore we have the best chance of improving things.
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Stalin and Mao would agree with you. The Pope is saying that when these regimes took God out of the equation, injustice and innocent suffering increased.
Stu
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