Our recently banned friend has earned the full brunt of the flamethrowers.
Benito Mussolini: Raised Catholic. Facists loved their connections to the Catholic church.
Adolf Hitler: Nope. You don't get to claim he "wasn't a true Christian". That's bullshit. A man calls himself something, he is what he calls himself regardless of what another denomination thinks.
Mao Zedong: Raised Buddhist, policy protected Buddhism. Never claimed to be atheist.
Pol Pot: Theravada Buddhist. Also went to a Catholic school for 8 years.
Stalin: Raised Georgian Orthodox. Became Atheist to pursue Communism. Attacked all Abrahamic religions inside the Soviet Union, encouraged Islam outside of the USSR.
Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un: Il is a god in the Juche religion modeled after Christianity. Il's father, Il-sung, is the "primary" god in the religion. Il-sung's wife, Il-sung, and Jong Il are all worshiped by the people publicly. Any other religion is performed in private and in secret.
Fidel Castro: Raised Catholic, fought against Catholic influence in Cuba. Declared self to be Atheist at the time. Later became friendly with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In his spoken autobiography, he said: "If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian."
So what, you got TWO Atheist dictators out of a whole slew of names. Congrats, law of averages.
What SHOULD this make me suspicious of? You didn't even present an argument. Evil comes in all flavors, your religion or religious views don't necessarily dictate your moral character.
Benito Mussolini: Raised Catholic. Facists loved their connections to the Catholic church.
Adolf Hitler: Nope. You don't get to claim he "wasn't a true Christian". That's bullshit. A man calls himself something, he is what he calls himself regardless of what another denomination thinks.
Mao Zedong: Raised Buddhist, policy protected Buddhism. Never claimed to be atheist.
Pol Pot: Theravada Buddhist. Also went to a Catholic school for 8 years.
Stalin: Raised Georgian Orthodox. Became Atheist to pursue Communism. Attacked all Abrahamic religions inside the Soviet Union, encouraged Islam outside of the USSR.
Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un: Il is a god in the Juche religion modeled after Christianity. Il's father, Il-sung, is the "primary" god in the religion. Il-sung's wife, Il-sung, and Jong Il are all worshiped by the people publicly. Any other religion is performed in private and in secret.
Fidel Castro: Raised Catholic, fought against Catholic influence in Cuba. Declared self to be Atheist at the time. Later became friendly with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In his spoken autobiography, he said: "If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian."
So what, you got TWO Atheist dictators out of a whole slew of names. Congrats, law of averages.
What SHOULD this make me suspicious of? You didn't even present an argument. Evil comes in all flavors, your religion or religious views don't necessarily dictate your moral character.
