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In reply to the discussion: Sam Harris and the Myth of Perfectly Rational Thought [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)52. You are failing in your diversion:
The USSR anti-religious campaign of 19281941 was a new phase of anti-religious persecution in the Soviet Union following the anti-religious campaign of 19211928. The campaign began in 1929, with the drafting of new legislation that severely prohibited religious activities and called for a heightened attack on religion in order to further disseminate atheism.
This had been preceded in 1928 at the fifteenth party congress, where Joseph Stalin criticized the party for failure to produce more active and persuasive anti-religious propaganda.
This new phase coincided with the beginning of the forced mass collectivization of agriculture and the nationalization of the few remaining private enterprises.
This had been preceded in 1928 at the fifteenth party congress, where Joseph Stalin criticized the party for failure to produce more active and persuasive anti-religious propaganda.
This new phase coincided with the beginning of the forced mass collectivization of agriculture and the nationalization of the few remaining private enterprises.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR_anti-religious_campaign_(19281941)
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Mao tse Tung, Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, the current leaders of the Chinese Government,
guillaumeb
Jan 2019
#10
So your follow up to obvious strawman rhetoric is adding your own favorite strawman rhetoric
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#8
Totally. None of us who aspire to rational thought, including atheists, believe we are infallible.
erronis
Jan 2019
#26
They're talking about Harris's interview of Murray and Vox's criticisms of that interview.
Jim__
Jan 2019
#22
You aren't really identifying points of contradiction, at least ones debatable
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#27
The article is worth reading but I think you left out the most significant parts
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#31