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Christianity's Valuable Contributions to Humanity: An Examination of Militant Atheism
RE: Christianity's Valuable Contributions to Humanity: An Examination of Militant Atheism
Quote:Gentle Reminder: "According to some sources, the total number of Christian victims under the Soviet regime has been estimated to range around 12 to 20 million. At least 106,300 Russian clergymen were executed between 1937 and 1941."
The Soviet regime had an ostensible commitment to the complete annihilation of religious institutions and ideas. Communist ideology could not coexist with the continued influence of religion even as an independent institutional entity, so "Lenin demanded that communist propaganda must employ militancy and irreconcilability towards all forms of idealism and religion", and that was called "militant atheism". "Militant" meant an uncompromising attitude toward religion and the effort of winning the hearts and minds of believers from a false philosophy. Militant atheism became central to the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a high priority policy of all Soviet leaders. Convinced atheists were considered to be more politically astute and virtuous individuals."
Irrelevant as Atheism is not a philosophy or idealogy it can't be blamed for the actions of the Soviets. There is nothing atheism that condones the actions of the Soviets. or any other evil regime 



Quote:Where has Militant Atheism ever been tried before, beside Revolutionary France, and Communist Countries?
Again neither of those states can be blamed for Atheism 


Quote:NCRegister: "Being a devoted communist, Fidel Castro was possessed with a hatred of religion. In Cuba, like everywhere else, communists launched their standard war on faith. From country to country, no ideology has so consistently and viciously attacked Christianity like communism — starting with the Bolsheviks in 1917 and resounding throughout the century ahead. As Mikhail Gorbachev put it, communists launched a systematic “war on religion.”
Again can't be blamed on atheism  There is nothing atheism that condones the actions of any other evil regime 


Quote:Cuba was no exception. From the moment that Castro took hold in January 1959, churches were in trouble. The regime quickly launched a propaganda campaign against the faithful, describing Catholics as “social scum.” By the late 1960s, Christmas was banned on the island. Churches were shut down. Priests and their parishioners were silenced, arrested or placed under tight surveillance, with every word of every service or homily monitored by government church-watchers infiltrating the pews. Any criticism, especially of the Marxist regime, was very dangerous. One could not be a member of the Communist Party in Cuba (the only party legally permitted, including for any government jobs) without professing a belief in atheism."
Again can't be blamed on atheism  There is nothing atheism that condones the actions of any other evil regime 


Quote:Helios, will respond to you subsequently. You haven't shown me either (1) Atheists who took a leading part in Abolitionism, proportional to their influence (2) or explained why Lincoln and Wilberforce, and not say, Darwin or Marx (to take two random examples of contemporaneous Influential Agnostics/Atheists) played a large part in Abolition? What was holding back the Militant Atheists, who were attacking Religion and everthing else, but not Slavery, and even promoted Racism?

Regards,
Xavier.
Actually, I showed just that. You by contrast have simply made excuses and deflections.
"Change was inevitable"


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RE: Christianity's Valuable Contributions to Humanity: An Examination of Militant Atheism - by The Architect Of Fate - June 22, 2023 at 6:08 pm

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