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Originally Posted by Cheese
I have had this identical conversation with you on at least 10 different occasions...fear mongering by TaliBaptists about Communism = Atheism is bunk.
Atheism has nothing to do with political beliefs. Atheism is part of the Communist and Socialist doctrines, but atheists are not necessarily Communists or Socialists. Many point to the actions of Communist Russia, China and North Korea as examples of what atheists in political power would do. Communism uses an enforced stance of atheism to squash religious decent and instill it's own supreme dictatorship. Most atheists would not replace God with an all powerful government, that would be hypocritical. There is a strong belief in the values of freedom brought by a secular government.
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The point you are missing is that
you are wrong to conclude that religion is the problem. It is mankind that is the problem.
Eliminate religion and you still have the same problem. Communism would be a beneficial system if mankind was basically good. It isn't because mankind isn't. A priest or pope, a philosopher or a politican: it doesn't matter. There is none that is good. The bible tells us that and history demonstrates that truth.