Atheism and wickedness in Brazil and around the world

Láurence Raulino(*)

In Brazil, according to the last census done by IBGE, we already are a population of nearly 200,000,000 (two hundred million), with people of all races, backgrounds, beliefs, etc.. In this universe of the population, only 8,000,000 (eight million) are atheists or without a religion.

Permeating social networks - facebook, twitter, etc - however, a heated debate that has been waged in recent months, days ... especially among young believers and atheists, agnostics, etc.., Stands the ignorant and free speech any basis in reality, originating from the first, which gives the latter, a priori, the ethical / moral negative because people would be able to "everything in life," to make the worst evils and atrocities, because they have God in their hearts.

That is, if we took literally one of those stupid people with faith, the murderers; estrupradores; robbers of every kind; corrupt and thieves of public money, etc.., Would be only between 8,000,000 (eight million) of Brazilian atheists - where are intellectuals, scientists, academics, artists, etc. - while the rest of the population, almost 192 million worth telling us (one hundred ninety-two million) Brazilians, formed by those "people who have God in their hearts" as few as there are ethical people, moral and free from all practice of crime. Thus, the scum of Brazilian society, from the top to the base of the social pyramid was between 8,000,000 (eight million) of atheists, "the wicked."

Throughout human history there was much barbarity, and especially during the twentieth century, which records two great leaders, world, openly atheist, in case Stálim in the former Soviet Union, and Mao Tse-Dong, China responsible for both deaths and killings of millions of his countrymen. Nevertheless, the same, here in Brazil, even still have admirers within the "new" and "old left", particularly among those with faith, which is the vast majority of its members. You need to name names?

But Germany also comes in another example, also of the twentieth century, a terrible and genocidal mass murderer, in the person of Adolf Hitler, which led to the death almost 6,000,000 (six million) people in a universe composed mainly Jews, but also Gypsies, "mestços Europeans", etc.. And that Nazi monster was not an atheist, because it was someone who believed in God, although he was a tormented, as are almost all murderers and criminossos in general, here and abroad, like Bin Laden and most those responsible for atrocities and genocides of recent authors peoples of the Balkan region, without forgetting two ideological antagonists of our continent, Chile's Augusto Pinochete (Catholic and pro-capitalism) and Fidel Castro (atheist and Marxist, but say , given his age, was recently converted to the faith by dictator Hugo Chaves), this thug protecting the believer and Marxist Che Guevara, who glared and hundreds ... maybe thousands of Cubans in the wall, or not.

In our country also there are many examples of people with faith who were authors or killers and all kinds of murders, some crudelíssimos and nameless, as practiced by the outlaw Highwayman, bloodthirsty and devout, only here a standout among hundreds, or perhaps thousands. And Lampião as devotee, was not an atheist at all, as everyone knows.

With regard to crimes of corruption, Brazilian politics comes full of examples of "men of faith" who practice it - corruption, of course - in the three powers of the Union and the three federal plans. If we just focus in recent years, enough Brasília - right here, where politics and religion mix in as few places, also in Rio and São Paulo, perhaps - to illustrate the mud that involves politicians "with God in the heart "nefarious practices and corruption.

This small, unassuming text can be taken as provocative, and even can be, but its ultimate goal is a reflection mainly of young people, who walk aimlessly talking nonsense about atheists, agnostics, etc.. However, there is an apologetic text, much less proselytizing, as some atheists who act equally to those with faith in reciprocal attacks and useless.

With faith or without faith, your only judge, citizen and citizen, should be their own conscience, free and reflected, not to go out attributing this or that ethical and morally reprehensible just because someone is an atheist or believer. Either condition can affect the malice, no doubt, but it is rarely decisive, as demonstrated by the history of mankind.

(*) - Lawyer, writer and columnist.