“thus making them eager to torture and kill people who were suspected of disloyalty to Pol Pot and the “New Cambodia.””

That doesn’t say what you think it says. It doesn’t say they ONLY killed people suspected of disloyalty. It doesn’t say they DID NOT kill people because they were religious. It says the statement as…

“It as NOTHING to do with atheism and everything to do with POWER and CONTROL.”

Haha. OKAY. I’m sure you’d defend Christianity from similar despots who killed in its name.

I mean, the guy was atheist. He instituted state atheism. He banned religions. He executed people for believing in Buddhism in an OVERWHELMINGLY…

Please provide a link to the Nazi Church of Germany. I’ll admit I am unaware of it, but that’s probably because it never existed.

“Taiping was caused by a guy that basically thought”

No. There was no such guy as ‘Taiping’. The leader of the rebellion, the one who thought he was the BROTHER of Christ, was Hong Xiuquan. Please read about the subject.

“What does all of that have to do with atheism???”

<puts head in hands> I never said it had anything to do with atheism. What Pol Pot did was not intrinsic to atheism. I don’t care what Christianity/Islam/Pastafarianism advocates.

You asked a question. I provided an example of a leader who instituted state atheism,…

You’re right. The Khmer Rouge banned religion in a country whose overwhelming population was Buddhist because that was just the right move. It had nothing to do with ideology. That’s probably the same reason they evacuated the cities. It just made plain sense to move everyone to farms.

“No, I have proven that Pol Pot did not kill in the name of NOT BELIEVING IN GOD. You are sooooo full of shit.”

You most certainly did not. You should reeducate yourself in what ‘proven’ means & while you’re at it, read up on logical analysis.

Pol Pot instituted state atheism. Pol Pot banned religion. Was it just by…

No. It has nothing to do with whether or not Pol Pot killed people because they were religious.

If you want to know, you should probably ask the Khmer Rouge or one of the other numerous Communist governments that implemented state atheism.

“Again, you’ve proven NOTING.”

I don’t know what ‘NOTING’ is, but I’ve made a reasonable argument for my case & I await a reasonable refutation. You’re arguing against points I…

I never said it did nor do I claim it does. I choose not to answer that since it detracts from the original argument: Pol Pot did/did not kill due to his atheistic beliefs.

“Tell me, why are homosexuals hated by these religious groups? Why did America have a ban on interracial up until the 60s. Why do Muslims blow themselves up?????? The answers can be found in the Torah (the old testament), the new testament, and the qur’an.”

Are you trying to divert the argument? You asked for an…

“NAME THE ATHEIST IDEOLOGY HE FOLLOWED SIMPLE ONE.”

Their interpretation of Marxism-Maosim. DUH.

“Maoism (WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH NOT BELIEVING IN GOD???):”

Did I say it did?

If you can refute that Cambodia under Pol Pot did not institute state atheism & banned religions, and that they didn’t persecute religious followers regardless of belief system, have at it. Otherwise, it’s you who is repeating bullshit…

I provided you a legitimate answer to a question you posed. I’m not saying atheism as a belief system is responsible. Any sort of belief system can be used to justify brutal & immoral acts. Atheism is no more culpable here than Christianity is for the many examples provided in this thread.

I’ll make it simple: He followed an ideology that was atheist & due to that ideology he killed people who were not. Is that so hard to understand???!

THANK YOU FOR PROVING YOUR CAPSLOCK WORKS.

“Religion was also banned, and the repression of adherents of Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism was extensive.”

Pol Pot was a Maoist. Under him religion was banned & state atheism made an official. Under his leadership, Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims were persecuted & eliminated because of their belief systems. Killing 25% of one’s population & deurbanizing the country is not a path to power; Democratic Kampuchea ceased to…

“So blame the Africans for the malicious Quaker/Reformist/Protestant/Anglican funded and founded slave trade.”

I didn’t say that. ‘Blame’ for the slave trade can’t be universally assigned but certainly the onus is on the Western recipients. But assigning blame to a religion for a barbaric economic practice that in no…

I hope they (you? I?) do well too.

But education doesn’t exactly equate to intelligence. Many millennials I’ve met (under some definitions, I am one as well) are well-educated but overestimate their wealth of knowledge & poorly analyze the facts they have access to.

I don’t think millennials are fundamentally any better or worse than other generations.…