Atheists & Agnostics

Doc Sportello

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1. More like a cult to start

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:21 PM

Oct 2021

And then the system was enforced with force from above. A religion is supported by many true believers, and if the numbers fall or don't reach a certain point, then it is a cult. I think most people in Soviet Russia then from the mid 20th Century on don't believe in Communism. The big religions are full of true believers, which to me is more dangerous, considering the power they have.

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Would Soviet Communism be considered a religion? [View all] RFCalifornia Oct 2021 OP

More like a cult to start Doc Sportello Oct 2021 #1

Oh definitely RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #4

The Soviets nor communmism exist in Russia anymore. brush Oct 2021 #2

No they don't RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #3

The problem is Russian Communism is misunderstood both here in the US and in Russia Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #5

Look I know that's all true RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #7

Yeah, the Russian people even today show cult like behavior Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #6

Let me make the case first here: RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #8

Don't get me wrong RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #9

You know some of what you describe sounds like Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #11

I think the Republican Party os closer to being a religion than rurallib Oct 2021 #12