Atheism does not mean Communism

This is more of a generalized "Atheism" =/= communism.. here is the more "personal" one of Atheist does not equal Communist..
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An atheist group I “liked” on facebook shared this photo today,
A picture of Richard Dawkins with the words “For the last fucking time… “Atheism” doesn’t meant “Communism”

For the record, I do not believe this is a real Dawkins quote or rather I could find no place where he said it.

It made me think of the many debates I have had, as well as the views of my deviant art stalker… where people, generally Christian conservatives say that atheism and communism are the same things or use the terms interchangeably.

Atheism simply means that one has a disbelief in god(s), pass that it tells nothing of a person. It does not tell of their politics, their world views, their social, economic situation, etc etc Pass that what a person believes or their manner of acting does not really denote their disbelief in god(s).

Their logic behind it, or shall I say their logical fallacy is … because several well –known communists were atheists… that must mean that communism and atheism are synonymous…. Even though there are many communists who are religious, there are many atheists who were/are, fascists, conservatives, liberals etc etc so the fixture makes no sense….

That would be like me naming a conservative atheist and saying, all conservatives are atheists… or taking Hitler, and saying everyone who is a member of his religious views are all fascists .. but that would be moronic of me as it is moronic to say atheism is synonymous term with communism.


I do not know what else to put, if you are an atheist, agnostic, theist, [I myself am an agnostic atheist]
“Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.”
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
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…and wish to know my views, here are some of the stuff I have written, to know my views on other things .. look in my gallery or simply ask in a note, or page comment and if it is a good topic perhaps I will write a piece on it and link you to it.

Other pieces to check out:
American is not number 1: [link]

Anti-American Me: [link]
Not fiscally conservative, fiscally pragmatic [link]
Leftist Pragmatism vs. Rightist Idealism [link]
My political ideologies: [link]
Liberals and gun ownership: [link]
Why socialism? [link]
Pure socialism vs democratic socialism [link]


Gay Rights:
Gay rights in America I: [link]
Gay rights in America II: [link]
Debate with an “ex gay” Christian convert: [link]
Gay is the New Black. my opinion: [link]

Influence map: [link]
An atheist on theism & atheism: [link]
Declaration of truth: [link]
What it means to be an atheist: [link]
Atheist leftist answers your questions...:
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An atheist debates an atheist on theism: [link]

Abortion pieces:
[main piece] Abortion: [link]
Abortion stamp 1: [link]
Abortion stamp 2: [link]


Let knowledge be that truth, which portrays humanity, condemns malevolence; that respects the differences in others while abandoning the hatred and misconceptions of the past.
-Emanon