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Something about killing in the name of atheism
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RE: Something about killing in the name of atheism
April 12, 2015 at 4:36 pm
(April 12, 2015 at 3:53 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: The Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao regimes were not atheist regimes, they were totalitarian Communist regimes. That was their motivation for mass murder. They replaced an infallible god with an infallible 'State'.

That's the reason why - as opposed to some - I'm not working towards or hoping for a non religious world. Other hateful ideologies would instantly emerge to fill the void. Better the devil you know.
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