@cjwerleman @rezaaslan Atheist extremists are harmless, the worst thing they will do is destroying believers in a debate and make them cry..
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@rezaaslan No it wasn't because of atheism, it was because religion was a competitor of the state so they tried to wipe it out!
@TTaRblog Oh so it wasn't atheism's fault it was other factors involved in the violence? Something about that argument sounds familiar.
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog the fact that Mao and Stalin were atheists was purely incidental. They also didn't believe in unicorns and fairies.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog (2/2) ideology" should include all the other supernatural claims about reality they happened to reject. -
@goosegill@rezaaslan Yeah that is what i said... Stalin didn't kill bc of atheism but bc of wanting total power and control over people -
@TTaRblog@rezaaslan yes, one can't be motivated by "non-belief" in a particular supernatural claim. That is a total non sequitur.
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@rezaaslan unless certain other groups who scream a 1000 times the name of the god they believe in and quote from their holy book.. -
@TTaRblog@rezaaslan What is the atheist bible that Stalin and Mao enacted as they killed millions called? I need to read up!#extreme
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog atheism is a lack of/rejection of a belief/claim, not the presence of one. Therefore, it's not an ideology. Stalin(1/2)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Yes it was just the totalitarian state ideology! And it isn't familiar, they didn't shout 'there is no god' before killing people -
@TTaRblog@rezaaslan The state capitalism of Mao and Stalin, in its desire to perfect man here on earth, was clearly an atheist ideology.1/2 -
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@rezaaslan No it wasn't, it was a totalitarian ideology, the state was everything. If you worshipped anything else - 1 more reply
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog (2/2)and Mao were just as dogmatic and repressive in their ideologies as the religions atheists reject.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog right but the point is that atheism is NOT a belief system. Therefore "faith based atheist totalitarian (1/2)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog Right. Atheism was not the causal factor. Stalin & Mao had dogma just like religion. The causal factor is dogma.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog Aslan; could you please explain how lack of belief in God could cause atrocities? Your ignorance is apparently bliss!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@TTaRblog Your logical fallacies are apparently endless, Aslan; atheism is not a religion, just it's negation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RezaAslan Bc Stalin/Mao didn’t kill bc of atheism, religion can’t be main factor behind jihadism, killing apostates? /facepalm@TTaRblogThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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