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Is islam a religion of peace?
Nonnel:
i don't know of any communist countries that slaughtered millions of people BECAUSE they were religious, so it doesn't seem like an equal comparison
Darryl McKoy:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on March 23, 2017, 06:03:57 PM ---i don't know of any communist countries that slaughtered millions of people BECAUSE they were religious, so it doesn't seem like an equal comparison
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I wouldn't be surprised if they did tbh. I can see why, if you were trying to maintain a dictatorship, you would be against organised religion. Organised anything is a threat to your absolute power.
What I think is silly is saying this somehow represents atheism as an ideology.
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on March 23, 2017, 06:03:57 PM ---i don't know of any communist countries that slaughtered millions of people BECAUSE they were religious, so it doesn't seem like an equal comparison
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_North_Korea
--- Quote from: Darryl McKoy on March 23, 2017, 06:05:22 PM ---I wouldn't be surprised if they did tbh. I can see why, if you were trying to maintain a dictatorship, you would be against organised religion. Organised anything is a threat to your absolute power.
What I think is silly is saying this somehow represents atheism as an ideology.
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Only only ideological part of Athiesm is that you don't believe in a god.
Red Spy:
Many dictators like Riddler or Stalin hated religion because they saw it as taking focus away from the state.
Riddler had a plan to destroy the Vatican but that would've required him to invade Italy. Stalin believed similar but also used atheism as an outlet to show state power
Juncoph:
--- Quote from: Red Spy on March 23, 2017, 06:14:42 PM ---Many dictators like Riddler or Stalin hated religion because they saw it as taking focus away from the state.
Riddler had a plan to destroy the Vatican but that would've required him to invade Italy. Stalin believed similar but also used atheism as an outlet to show state power
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Riddler considered himself christian; the motto of the wehrmacht wouldn't have been "god with us" if he hated christianity
his problem was with catholicism