[FormerLib]

Richard Andrews said, "I feel the same way a Jew might feel if you put a state symbol on a swastika"

Riiiiight, cause we know that Christians murdered some 6 million atheists and....

Oh wait, that was the atheistic Communists who murdered 100 million. Never mind.

[eeevil conservative]

Woooops!

You beat me to it.... maybe I should read the WHOLE thread before responding....

nice to know we think alike....plus- you put it MUCH better than I did!

THANKS!!!!

[WildTurkey]

Oh wait, that was the atheistic Communists who murdered 100 million. Never mind

There are other ideological similarities as well. All three tend to be ethnocentric, viewing the world around them as being inherently evil, and all three tend to see everything in simplistic, dualistic terms: Us vs. them, good vs. evil, etc. This is an important fact to be remembered when religious zealots today insist that everyone follow the absolutes of their religion. Properly understood, atheism stands for the principles of reason, freedom and individual rights. It is opposed to all forms of totalitarian ideology. Yes, there are individual atheists who are communists. However, the attempt to link all atheists and all communists under the same ideological banner completely falls apart when the facts are revealed. But then, what does faith have to do with the facts?