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[Mister Agenda]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist%E2%...st_atheism

Marxist–Leninist atheism (Russian: Марксистско-ленинский атеизм) is a part of the wider Marxist–Leninist philosophy (the type of Marxist philosophy found in the Soviet Union), which rejects religion and advocates a materialist understanding of nature. Marxism-Leninism holds that religion is the opium of the people, in the sense of promoting passive acceptance of suffering on Earth in the hope of eternal reward. Therefore, Marxism-Leninism advocates the abolition of religion and the acceptance of atheism. Marxist-Leninist atheism has its roots in the philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach, G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Vladimir Lenin.

By that reasoning, theism, particularly Christianity, is equally linked to Nazism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Religion

"The Nazi Party Programme of 1920 guaranteed freedom for all religious denominations not hostile to the State and endorsed Positive Christianity to combat “the Jewish-materialist spirit”.[150] It was a modified version of Christianity which emphasised racial purity and nationalism.[151] The Nazis were aided by theologians, such as, Ernst Bergmann. Bergmann, in his work, Die 25 Thesen der Deutschreligion (Twenty-five Points of the German Religion), held that the Old Testament and portions of the New Testament of the Bible were inaccurate. He claimed that Jesus was not a Jew and of Aryan origin, and that Adolf Hitler was the new messiah."

If you think it's stupid to say theism is linked to Nazism because of that, you may finally be starting to catch on.

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I don't know how it is in Australia, but these stories are not uncommon in the US (probably the most litigious country in the world #American Atheists #Freedom From Religion Foundation), Hence why I didn't bother fact checking.

They're fairly common, but it's not because they're true. It's because guys like Starnes have made a career out of finding things for Christianists to be offended about, and nine times out of ten, when you check his facts, he's misrepresented the situation. He counts on people like you 'not checking'.

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I could careless, which is how atheists claim to feel, except they don't.

Not having religious monuments on government property is ideal, but allowing monuments that reflect different religious viewpoints is acceptable. It's not going to be the atheists losing their minds when the Satanic monument goes up (if it's really allowed to go up).

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I clearly stated that "Societies that are free to live how they please and treated fairly (no injustice/corruption) are the happiest." and "a societies happiness had nothing to do with secularism vs religion, but freedom of choice.

Secularism is an attempt to guarantee freedom of choice in religious matters. Your religious choices are less free when the government is backing a particular religion.

Therefore the concept is simple, it's not about secularism at all, in which you keep trying to beat that dead horse. Secularism is not even one of the criteria used to determine a societies happiness.

But the freedom of relgion that secularism supports IS relevant to fairness, justice, and freedom of a society; which ARE used to measure a society's happiness.

Paraguay and Panama top the first list
The religious identities of the people of Paraguay, or Religion in Paraguay for short, have since national independence been oriented towards the Christian faith, and specifically the Roman Catholic Church. In the most recent census (2002), Paraguayans of all ages 10 and older had their religious identities enumerated, and 89.6% were classified as Catholics.

Self-identification of Paraguayans with no established religion is quite low by worldwide standards, with only 1.14% of respondents enumerated as possessing no religious identity

The Constitution of Paraguay guarantees religious freedom and separation of church and state. Paraguay is a fine example of a country with a secular government.

The government of Panama does not collect statistics on the religious affiliation of citizens, but various sources estimate that 75 to 85 percent of the population identifies itself as Roman Catholic and 15 to 25 percent as evangelical Christian.[2] The Bahá'í Faith community of Panama is estimated at 2.00% of the national population, or about 60,000[3] including about 10% of the Guaymí population;[4] the Bahá'ís maintain one of the world's eight Baha'i Houses of Worship in Panama.

The government of Panama is a bit less secular than Paraguay's, but still has important provisions for protection of religious freedom. I'd call it mostly secular.

As you can see, in both of these countries the religious population is greater than 98%, by contrast in Denmark, only 28% of the population believe in God.

You do know that the political secularism of a country has little to do with the degree of religiosity of its inhabitants, right? In fact, a case can be made that a secular government contributes to a nation being more religious. The USA has the world's first officially secular government, and is the most religious developed country. That may be do to other factors, but it's clear that secularity is not a barrier to religiosity. You seem completely confused about what secularism actually is despite it being explained to you often and in different ways.

"According to the SKYE most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2010,[2] 28% of Danish citizens responded that "they believe there is a God", 47% responded that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 24% responded that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force". Another poll, carried out in 2008, found that 25% of Danes believe Jesus is the son of God, and 18% believe he is the saviour of the world.[3] While a vast majority of Danes are technically agnostic or atheist, few choose to identify as such. It is speculated that this is because religion is such a non-issue that not believing in it does not require a specific label. "At the same time, they were “often disinclined or hesitant to talk with me about religion,” Mr. Zuckerman reported, “and even once they agreed to do so, they usually had very little to say on the matter."

What's even more interesting is that the United Arab Emirates makes top 15 in both lists yet they have freaking sharia law......

So I say once again, you equating secularism with happiness is utter nonsense.

So I say once again, your ignorance of what secularism is and means is astounding given the education on it that has been spoon-fed to you here. So astounding that only a willful desire not to understand it can account for it in someone capable of using a computer.