On 8/9/2015 6:33 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote:
Brent, false! They killed to suppress religious belief, and exterminate believers,
Nonsense. You've swallowed the religious propaganda. The killings were purely punishment for opposing the regime or not working hard enough for it.
and yes they were totalitarian and many atheists claim not to be. They killed to support atheism, which is indisputable,
It's not only disputable, it's unevidenced. They didn't care what people believed about the supernatural, just so they didn't oppose the regime.
and out of loyalty to Mao, Stalin, and your pal Bamers, Oops! Did I say that?
You mean President Obama, the guy passed universal health insurance and ended U.S. occupation of Iraq and has avoided getting us into a war in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Ukraine and all those other places you'd like send your fellow citizens to attack?
The bigger question is why doesn't religious belief or atheism reduce violence?
Atheism is just and absence of belief, so it's not surprising that it has little bearing on violence. It's only effect would be to reduce religiously motivated violence, e.g. ISIS or the IRA. Religious beliefs are all over the place, from,"Love everyone as your brother." to "If they don't want to worship God kill them."
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