In his blog La Repubblica, Piergiorgio Odifreddi stresses that a statement is not unusual (in fact about Jose Saramago quotes) but that is not even a simple truism: nothing this upside down world where secularism and clericalism were played off the other one in the box, it is never too obvious. The statement in question is: if we were all atheists the world would be less violent, or otherwise-implied-a better world.
Now, the famous mathematician refers specifically to the absurd, yet another mini religious war that was unleashed after the idiot found that Christian fanatic who wanted to burn the Koran the Sept. 11, but out of the topical and looking at the problem further, I would say from a philosophical perspective, it is useful to clarify one thing: atheism (assuming he can speak in the singular and the plural rather, the simple fact that there are many forms of atheism as there are atheists) not only for those who do not have a religion and does not believe in anything transcendent.
What many well-meaning Catholics and believers-in-general tirelessly to reproach declared atheists is that they replace the gods of the faithful with a few other gods, that is astrology, idolatry of consumerism and fashion, uncritical scientism, conformism, fideism proposal (see Soviet-style communism or even Berlusconi today), even atheism itself elevated to the dogmatic doctrine.
Ultimately, this criticism probably they do not always have a point, so many of those who call themselves atheists but they fall into the trap of the exchange of fetishes should review their definition of atheism. To that end, we could say that: the atheist is one who does not adhere to any preconceived ideology, religious or not, but it is also the one who is not satisfied with the telling of the story and the life that comes from giving pre-established channels to investigate and understand first hand how the world goes, is someone who poses the essential questions but does not indulge easier to answer without first verifying its content with detachment, is one who knows that "everything is relative", to quote Albert Einstein, in a word, the atheist is a free man in mind and in his vision of the world and social relations, and is aware of their freedom.
should have this kind of awareness (which will not come without commitment and perseverance, in a culture dominated by Catholicism) to fend without the effort and the avalanche of criticism stereotyped clichés (how many atheists in comparison with a believer who has been criticized because they are against the Church and religion then surely they are Stalinists?) chasing all over the atheist. And that invariably
Ultimately, this criticism probably they do not always have a point, so many of those who call themselves atheists but they fall into the trap of the exchange of fetishes should review their definition of atheism. To that end, we could say that: the atheist is one who does not adhere to any preconceived ideology, religious or not, but it is also the one who is not satisfied with the telling of the story and the life that comes from giving pre-established channels to investigate and understand first hand how the world goes, is someone who poses the essential questions but does not indulge easier to answer without first verifying its content with detachment, is one who knows that "everything is relative", to quote Albert Einstein, in a word, the atheist is a free man in mind and in his vision of the world and social relations, and is aware of their freedom.
should have this kind of awareness (which will not come without commitment and perseverance, in a culture dominated by Catholicism) to fend without the effort and the avalanche of criticism stereotyped clichés (how many atheists in comparison with a believer who has been criticized because they are against the Church and religion then surely they are Stalinists?) chasing all over the atheist. And that invariably
hours Odifreddi rain on the poor, who dared to say: "... typical of religions, and especially of the monotheistic religions ... who believes they have the absolute truth, relativism does not fight alone: \u200b\u200bit also arrogate the right to go and tell others what you would not want others to come and say to him. Basically, the problem of religious violence is all here. "
Obvious, but not granted.
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