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Originally Posted by Agent 488
stalin wasn't a christian.
if anyone thinks that religious people have a monopoly on barbarity are as fucking stupid as some slack jawed bible thumper.
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Weak argument.....
http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.p...ury_atrocities
Since atheism per se has no dogma, it is difficult to find a causal link between atheism and immoral behavior or the commission of atrocities. It is often much easier to find a cause rooted in some other belief held by the perpertrator. For example, the statement "Stalin ordered thousands of people executed because he was an atheist" is, on its face, a non sequitur. On the other hand, "Stalin ordered thousands of people executed because he thought they represented a threat to the establishment of communism", while irrational and abhorrent, at least enjoys a certain internal consistency.