(December 4, 2023 at 3:16 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: North Korea.
Not really.
They claim to be atheist, but all they really did was replace an infallible god, with an infallible leader and state.
Kim Jon Un is treated like a god. A few years ago, when North Korea was undergoing famine, and western countries gave them food and supplies. That was publicized to the North Korean people as tributes and offerings being paid to Kim because of his god like status.
The god like treatment of Kim is very much a religion.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
