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Originally Posted by kermitology
Except there's one problem with this.. They aren't horribly bad governments because they abolish religion. They are horribly bad because of the people that are controlling them, the power that they crave and the means by which they will accomplish their goals to achieve power.
Denouncing atheism on the basis of the actions of communism is silly. It has nothing to do with faith (or lack there of) but power.
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But the same can be said for much of the bloodshed done in the name of religion. Was the cause the religion or was it power hungery men who used religion as a vehicle much the same way Communism used atheism as an excuse to kill opposition and take their stuff.
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Utopia's are impossible by definition of nature. Nature is chaos, and always will be. War, wanton destruction, and world suffering will always be a part of the world because it's part of nature.
Show me a Christian government that is a utopia full of peace and bliss.
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I can't. As a Christian I don't believe man is inherantly good. That includes Christian men. We all sin(miss the mark). That doesn't mean we are excused from our actions or that we can't make the world a better place by applying christian principles to our lives. The book of James says:
James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.