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Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
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RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
(June 25, 2011 at 8:42 am)Epimethean Wrote: "Mmm...Many, many priests were killed by Stalinists and Maoists, in the name of atheism, in the name of getting rid of religion, in the specter of communism..."


I don't think they were killed in the "name" of atheism, but in the name of preserving the "security" of the state, and I do think there is more than a semantic distinction to be made there.
Non-believers "kill in the name of atheism" at the same rate that glaciers love sky diving.
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RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Minimalist - June 24, 2011 at 10:55 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Minimalist - June 24, 2011 at 11:29 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Gawdzilla - June 25, 2011 at 8:23 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Rhage - June 25, 2011 at 12:12 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Jax - June 25, 2011 at 1:02 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Rwandrall - June 25, 2011 at 7:40 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Rwandrall - June 25, 2011 at 8:04 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Gawdzilla - June 25, 2011 at 12:21 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by BethK - June 27, 2011 at 10:17 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Udaho - June 27, 2011 at 7:27 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Udaho - June 27, 2011 at 11:52 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Napoléon - June 28, 2011 at 11:17 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Epimethean - June 27, 2011 at 10:33 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by kriskiran - June 27, 2011 at 11:21 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Anymouse - June 29, 2011 at 3:35 am
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Watchman - June 28, 2011 at 5:38 pm
RE: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? - by Udaho - June 29, 2011 at 2:25 am

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