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Communism demands Atheism So what? There is nothing in the statement "I do not believe in God" (which is all atheism is) that even hints at any demand for Communist or any totalitarian regime. If anything, given that atheists believe that our time on Earth is the only life we have, life and liberty should be regarded as more important than by those who think their lives are painful, and pitifully short when compared with the bliss of life eternal to come when they die.

If anything, given that atheists believe that our time on Earth is the only life we have, life and liberty should be regarded as more important than by those who think their lives are painful, and pitifully short when compared with the bliss of life eternal to come when they die.

Well, there's something paradoxical about that though. Because the person who thinks there is no life to come becomes very jealous of their life here and doesn't want to give it up to no one, no how. Whereas the person who believes in a world to come is much more comfortable with the idea of self-sacrifice, because all that is lost will someday be regained.

I speak from experience here, as someone who used to be agnostic and isn't anymore. I lost all my enjoyment of life over the time I didn't believe in God, because I couldn't fathom that all the good in the world could be gone in an instant, never to be replaced again. It breeds a kind of hopelessness.

So what? There is nothing in the statement "I do not believe in God" (which is all atheism is) that even hints at any demand for Communist or any totalitarian regime.

Incorrect. It absolutely does, it's called pride. Without humility man will lead to totalitarianism. St. Thomas: "The virtue of humility...Consists in keeping oneself within one's own bounds, not reaching out to things above one, but submitting to one's superior"

If anything, given that atheists believe that our time on Earth is the only life we have, life and liberty should be regarded as more important than by those who think their lives are painful, and pitifully short when compared with the bliss of life eternal to come when they die.

But this isn't true. The Founding Fathers love of life and liberty is greater than any atheistic dream.

If anything, given that atheists believe that our time on Earth is the only life we have, life and liberty should be regarded as more important than by those who think their lives are painful, and pitifully short when compared with the bliss of life eternal to come when they die.

Exactly why it was the atheists who were most driven in their will to power. Christians on the other hand realize that their soul is eternal and power, wealth and governments are fleeting, fading like sunlight on the grass.