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originally posted by: SpookyVince
Khmer, Mao, Stalin or others have not at all prevented their people to have religions. Again their killings were on other motivations. (not saying they were good motivations either...)
Besides, as said above, atheism is not a "religion that is the belief in no god". Religion is a dogma and a cult. Atheism has no dogma and no cult. It is a state of being, of thinking.
Remove religion from the society then what is left to control the people ? Its the government the state...
Romans 13:1-3 King James Version (KJV)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
originally posted by: DaedricPrince
Many atheists can be dogmatic, that what they say is the absolute truth, many act as if atheists are the most moral people on the earth and every religious person is sh!t etc..