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Originally Posted by mbrown
Oh boys. Who said I'm religious? I'm not. I haven't been to church in 10 years. I have lived common-law for 4 years. Take off your idealogical blinders buddy and stop trying to pigeon hole me as some sort of religious fanatic.
My only point was that blaming this furor on all religion is a facetious argument. I know exactly what atheism is and I do not need your pretty little links to educate myself. Having a major in 20th century history I can tell you that the essentially 'humanist' creed of communism killed many more people than religions ever have. Practising of religion was OUTLAWED.
The problem here is not religion, it is simply human nature. When lead by any 'creed' some people will take it to it's extremes. In muslim's case, that timing is now and by a surprisingly high percentage of their adherants and it is every bit as dangerous as the communist threat was. (if you can remember that far back).
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A Facetious argument?
Did you manage to make it through your courses without falling asleep? Please provide us something more than what you are now...which is basically nothing. I am positively bubbling over with excitement at reading anything you have that "might" suggest the Humanists have killed more people than religions have.
In Russia before the revolution, the main enemy of the people was religion. It was the authority of the church that supported and kept the Tsars and ruling class in power. It was the league between religion and state that kept the peasants fearful, poor, ignorant, hungry, cold and in a state of hopelessness. The church and state were so interwoven in Tsarist Russia it was imperative that they had to fall together. The communists determined that they needed to cut off the head and power of both the state and the church.