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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Archeopteryx: [qb] The theory of Evolution as a science holds a rather good explanatory power to many biological phenomena. But as all science (and religion) it can be used for political purposes, which has been done. Just as religion once were used to justify war, conquest, oppression, forced conversions, forced labor and similar varieties, biology, in the form of racial science and certain kind of social evolutionism, have been used to practice and defend various types of oppression and genocide (the Holocaust is a very well known example). Sometimes it has also not been possible to separate the motives, for example, colonialism contained elements of both scientific racism and the desire to Christianize and colonize. There were economical (often defended with racial arguments) and religious motifs. Even today, there are some pastors (although hopefully they are not common) who, for example, think that slavery was good for black Americans because it gave them the chance to receive the gospel. They were rescued from African paganism. Some Christians also think that, for example, it was good for the native population of California to be forced into mission stations where they were subjected to forced labor, unsanitary conditions and sexual abuse (at least according to the book [i]Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide[/i] by Rupert Costo and Jeanette H. Costo). One of the founders and leading culprits of the mission system has even been declared a saint. In many cases, certain peoples were subjected to both economic exploitation and religious oppression, which was then followed by exploitation based on, among other things, racial biological principles. It happened, for example, in the northern parts of my own country where the Sami population was first taxed for fur and other items, then they were forced into forced labor in silver mines. This was followed by the Church outlawing their original religious traditions. Some Noaidi (shamans) were even burned for not wanting to abandon their "pagan" ways. Later the state, backed by racial science tried in different ways to assimilate the Sami people, at the same time as it wanted to benefit from their land and industries such as hunting, fishing and reindeer husbandry. So many times different ideologies have collaborated in terms of oppression and exploitation. [/qb][/QUOTE]To this I would add that atheists and atheistic philosophies are just as bad or worse. Atheist Stalin for example murdered millions in his quest to seize the resources of ordinary people to build his particular atheist project. Ditto for "Chairman" Mao and smiling comrade Pol Pot in the killing fields of Cambodia. Most members of the Communist Parties under these regimes had to be atheists to qualify for party membership. Some may be "under the table" Taoists etc but all must accept and publicly affirm the tenets of atheism. For example In addition to regulating its members’ religious beliefs and activities, the Chinese CCP is officially atheist and promotes atheism in schools and other spheres of public life. In speeches, President X i Jinping and other officials stress that CCP members must be “unyielding Marxist atheists.” https://fortune.com/2016/04/25/china-marxist-atheists/ Stalin created a "League of Militant Godless" some 5.5 million strong, including 2.2 million party members. The Militant Godless, per Stalin were to "storm the heavens," ridicule and humiliate clergymen, and transform "superstitious" citizens into atheists.." Thus one of the main qualifications of those carrying out various slave labor or forced migration atrocities was not simply that they followed a particular leader or party, but that they profess or support atheism. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/9194/pdf#:~:text=The%20League%20of%20the%20Militant,atheists%2C%20is%20one%20such%20institution. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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