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Originally Posted by Slims
I know plenty of Atheists in the Military.
I was going to research "Atheist" Military's such as the Chinese (currently) and the Russians (under Stalin) but then I realized that your argument is moot since achieving your 'ideal' would require a war the likes of which the world has never seen, and would require continual 'pruning' of those who foster religious beliefs....since religion by it's very nature is not a negotiable position.
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I would argue that Stalin and Mao were effectively religious figures, as a cult of personality. I mean, Lenin is on display and what, his body doesn't decompose? He is ready to come back. Kim Il Sung is still the leader of North Korea, his son is just holding the position for now.
Maybe atheists are willing to fight and die to help protect others from religious tyranny. At least in America we don't execute and legally discriminate against atheists, unlike many other places in the world. I mean, if someone comes around and tries to force me to convert to whatever crackpot beliefs they have, I say "fuck you, the flying spaghetti monster is going to sauce your ass!"