Ok dude, I never said they were equal.
KARL MARX SAID that Communism BEINGS with Atheism, therefore Communism is a SUBSET of Atheism.
Do you need a lesson in etymology dipshit?
The prefix A- is Greek for without Theism is Greek for belief in god(s) Together it means without belief in god(s).
Communism comes from the french word communisme which means in common.
One is a metaphysical concept and the other is an economic political concept. The two are not related.
Apparently you are quite dense, as well as being the only person stupid enough to try to make the argument that communism and atheism don't typically go together. Well, you and Pogo, now there's a relationshp!Read a history book.
"Read a history book" my ass. No they don't "typically go together"; they have no relationship. The association fallacy that two things once existed in the same place --- which requires one to go
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Organized religion is about thought control. Just as any governmental/institutional power trip is about thought control*. Any entity bent on seeking power for itself is going to oppose other entities that also or already control the same thoughts. That might mean declaring theocracy to get the rabble on the same page; or it might mean the opposite side of the same coin, declaring anti-theocracy. Same thing, same purpose. It has everything to do with power tripping and nothing to do with the nature of the philosophy. Sorry if you're too simpleminded to see that.
(*just as, say, pretending not to get simple satire and taking it literally to strawman it into a face-value statement is thought control)
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