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   The Magpie to David Dalton   
   Re: types of founders (or updaters) of r   
   09 Dec 13 13:36:25   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: pigsinspace@mpreston.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 09/12/2013 03:56, David Dalton wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Smiler  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 21:42:00 -0330, David Dalton wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>  Smiler  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:26:07 -0330, David Dalton wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>  Smiler  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:00:46 -0330, David Dalton wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> There may be several types of founders of religion:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>    
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I guess atheist leaders generally fall into categories 4 and/or 5.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What 'atheist leaders' would they be?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I guess leading intellectual atheists such as Richard Dawkins.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He isn't an atheist leader, just an outspoken atheist. Atheists don't   
   >>>> have leaders.   
   >   
   > He runs a foundation and is leader of others associated   
   > with that foundation.   
   >   
   >>> Another type of atheist leader is an atheist political leader who imposes   
   >>> atheism on a country.   
   >>   
   >> Name one.   
   >   
   > Mao Tse Tung, Lenin, Stalin are past figures.   And is Castro atheist?   
   >   
   Mao - not atheist (personality religion). Lenin - not leader, not   
   atheist, didn't impose any such thing. Stalin - became atheist (was   
   Russian Orthodox Christian), never imposed atheism. Castro - Roman Catholic.   
      
   Not a good score so far.   
      
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