<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:10px 0px 3px;font-size:19.2px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto"><tbody><tr class="gmail-acZ" style="height:16px"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top;width:488px;padding-top:0px"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-ix" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:488px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-c2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px"><h3 class="gmail-iw" style="overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;max-width:92%;display:inline-block;font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit"><span name="Kevin George Haskell" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:19.2px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top">Kevin George Haskell</span><span> </span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-bAk" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></td><td class="gmail-gH" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-acX gmail-bAm" rowspan="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="gmail-:xb" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-qQVYZb"></div><div class="gmail-utdU2e"></div><div class="gmail-btm"></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-aHl" style=""></div><div id="gmail-:ti" tabindex="-1"></div><div id="gmail-:xd" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:19.2px;direction:ltr;margin:5px 15px 0px 0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div id="gmail-:xc" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m1650bd234afbfc2c" style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="auto">Thanks for posting the link, Giulio, and reminding people that atheism is a core requirement of Communism, the most violent ideology ever created by Man</div></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Does anyone think that since Communists try to force atheism (because they don't want any competition) on their subjects that the violence thus stems from atheism? Look at all the various 'theisms' - none of them seem to have restricted their violent tendencies because of believing in a god.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Does anyone think that giving up atheism makes one less violent?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">If anyone believes any of the above I suggest a return trip through various history classes. And correlation does not mean cause and effect.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 3:38 PM, Kevin George Haskell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kgh1kgh2@gmail.com" target="_blank">kgh1kgh2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks for posting the link, Giulio, and reminding people that atheism is a core requirement of Communism, the most violent ideology ever created by Man. My atheism ended 3 years ago. (Spiritual, not religious). It's opened my eyes completely to limited nature of materialism as being a necessity, but a low frequency one. <span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">On Aug 5, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Ben Zaiboc <<a dir="ltr" href="mailto:ben@zaiboc.net" target="_blank">ben@zaiboc.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"When did you ever hear of anyone committing an atrocity in the name of unbelief?" -BZ</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div>Response:<br><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>"<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheism" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/<wbr>wiki/State_atheism</a>" -Giulio Prisco</span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Well done, Giulio.<br></span><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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