RE: Atheism - less war?
April 23, 2013 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2013 at 11:57 am by Mister Agenda.)
(April 23, 2013 at 11:43 am)Dawud Wrote: He tried to stop people believe g in God through a massive ovine red propaganda campaign.
I call a lack of belief in God atheism - SO DO YOU.
Spreading this was a clearly something he did...
Even if you deny Stalin did this (a dangerous thing to mess with history): at least you can admit the possibility?
"You believe in God - I am going to kill you"
Totally impossible in your universe?
Stalin had the resources to tear down every church and kill every open theist. Horrifyingly, he killed around 20 million theists. But the holding of a religion was never officially outlawed and the Soviet Constitutions always guaranteed the right to believe. And it was Marxist-Leninism that taught that religion was an obstacle to the goals of the State, not atheism. Atheism doesn't teach anything, nor does theism.
Saying it was atheism instead of communism that motivated Stalin's religious oppression is like saying it was theism instead of Christianity that motivated the Crusades.
