(June 26, 2013 at 11:18 am)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: Mao was a man, not a god. Worshiping him as a god does not negate the fact that the Communist government of China was/is Atheistic.
The point is that Communism, especially as it was practiced by China and the former Soviet Union, had all the trappings of religion. Prophecy, scripture, black-and-white ideology, fanaticism, and the promise of a "worker's paradise" that seems every bit as unlikely as your Heaven.
Not all religions have a god. Buddhists don't. Taoists don't.
And I think you'll find most people here apply the same skepticism to political and ideological claims as we do to religious claims.
And I repeat, no culture ever committed atrocities because they were just too skeptical and too inclined to critical thinking.
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