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   From: scottrichter422@yahoo.com   
      
   HeatWave  wrote:   
      
   >   As the 19th century wore on, critics of religion became bolder in   
   > their attack. Not content with just pointing out the failings of the   
   > churches, they began to question the very foundation of religion. They   
   > raised questions such as: What is God? Why is there a need for God? How   
   > has belief in God affected human society? Men like Ludwig Feuerbach,   
   > Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche offered their   
   > arguments in philosophical, psychological, and sociological terms.   
   > Theories such as 'God is nothing more than the projection of man's   
   > imagination,' 'Religion is the opium of the people,' and 'God is dead'   
   > all sounded so new and exciting compared with the dull and   
   > unintelligible dogmas and traditions of the churches. It seemed that   
   > finally many people had found an articulate way of expressing the doubts   
   > and suspicions that had been lurking in the back of their minds. They   
   > quickly and willingly embraced these ideas as the new gospel truth.   
      
   I see no connection between the Subject line and what you wrote, other   
   than linking atheism and communism is an easy way to attract attention.   
      
   Beyond that, you also fail to make any point about the emergence of   
   critical analysis of religious beliefs. Religionists are threatened by   
   such analysis, and try to suppress it by labelling it off limits. When   
   that fails, they resort to smearing critics as being immoral--and one   
   popular way to do that is to link atheism to communism.   
      
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