Atheism, a dangerous idea?

RR, you are correct here.Atheist is a much more narrow term than "christian" or "jew".Atheists simply lack belief in god. They might have a strict moral code or no moral code at all.Atheism actually has very little if anything to do with morality (other than an atheist would not believe something is right or wrong simply because god x or gods y and z said so).Heck, there's no reason an atheist can't adopt christian or jewish moral teachings if he/she thinks they are valuable

All morals are subjective and all morality is relative.I think we've been over this several times and no one has ever provided an example of an absolute moral.(if you have one discreet_label just started a new thread were we can discuss it!)

Sadly, America has become in large part a nation with very few critical thinkers. Religion is one of the main tools used by the elite to control the masses and direct their thoughts and opinions (as religion has often been used throughout history). Atheism of course threatens the power structure established by the far right and corporate interests because it generally involves questioning and critical thinking.Americans are brainwashed from a young age to think atheism = bad. Since most Americans either can't or choose not to think critically this brainwashing sticks.However, it's really just the word atheism more than anything else. People here in America think it's just fine to be "non-religious" (even though it often means the same thing as atheist) and a huge percentage of the population identifies that way.It's really just a poisoning of the term atheist (sort of like the way the word "liberal" has been poisoned)