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Perhaps, but communism failed because it was a bad economic theory, not because they didn't believe in god, as Alfons would suggest, and besides, alot of people still did, it just wasnt sanctioned by the government, in fact as you know it was heavily discouraged :coffeepap
:shrug: he asked for an athiest regime; he got one. once you remove God as the author of our liberties abuse of those liberties inevitably follows. as Jefferson accurately predicted.
Ah no, my neighbour can believe what they want. And I can believe what I want. And we can get together, and just not talk about that. Have a good time.
no, that's a Western ideal; it's called the freedom of concience and the liberty of the individual. for you to insist that your neighbor not force your beliefs on you is - interestingly - you insisting that he accept your Western culture as his own.