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Originally Posted by Vulcan
And how would you accomplish that without having a police state. Communism tried it in Russia and China. I don't like organised religion either but to stop freedom of thought could go a lot farther then religion and you'd end up with a rigid society like the Muslim's or Communist's. Right back where you started from. I like divergent thought even if I don't agree with it, as I don't often agree with you. Freedom is one of the greatest gifts man has and to give it up for an idea is nonsense.
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Of for christs sake...are you suggesting that only communist states could be Atheist? Are Christiians still hanging onto that thin thread? Talk about fear mongering! Even in the darkest hours of the Soviet Empire the Russian Orthodox church played a significant role in HELPING Stalin stay in power.
My response was suggesting...hey weve tried religion for a few thousand years...lets try the alternate for a century and see what happens...LOL.
Hauling out the old Communist manifesto is simply garbage. There is nothing greater at stopping freedom of thought than theism...theism that teaches one to believe strongly in lies, deitys, Gods, Supreme beings and books
written by man WITHOUT the ability to question. How divergent is that?
Where is it written that
in order to be free man MUST have religion?