Atrocities of Atheism: Episode I -- The Atheist Menace

Some blame Religion for many of the Wars in the world. Ironically, in the 20th Century, Atheism (self-proclaimed absence of Religion) has committed most of the slaughter of innocent peoples. It has killed more than any religion has in the last Century.

Atheism is one of the world's least tolerant religions. It sees any other religion as a threat and when it takes over the Government (Communism) it systematically eliminates all other religions. Karl Marx himself wrote in the Communist manifesto that "communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion", thereby forcing the religion of Atheism upon those under communist/Atheist oppression. It propagandizes the masses into a mind-numbed state to coerce them into total submission to their new human god-tyrant (dictator), who then lords over their souls. Those who do not bow to the new religion of Atheism (the Communist State is now your god) will face their wrath, as mentioned in the Communist manifesto: "The Communists... ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions". This is where the mass murder of Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Jews is perfectly legitimized by their State-is-god religion of Atheism. They are heartlessly slaughtered in the name of "progress". "The classic writings of the mature Marx -- the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital -- reveal that violence is a fundamental and necessary feature in his system". Apparently slaughtering Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Jews is "progress" in the eyes of Atheists who control Governments.

Atheistic Governments (Communism) have been responsible for up to 259 Million murders accros the globe, from 1900 to the year 1987 alone. Up to 126 Million of those innocent victims were at the hands of the Russian Atheistic Government. Second largest Militant Atheistic state is Communist China, murdering up to 114 Million people (most from multiple religions & religious movements). The Atheists of Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia (Pol Pot) all have murdered over 3 Million people each between 1900-1987. Atheistic Governments (Communism) have had the bloodiest government ideology responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths in the 20th Century. Atheistic Communism "was a nightmare which promised equality and justice, but which brought only bloodshed, death, torture and fear".

Zbigniew Brzezinski, however, author of "Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century", believes that only 175 Million people were killed by politically motivated carnage in the 20th Century. He has very conservative estimates. The distribution of deaths in Brzezinski's book is quite telling. In his list of Mass Deaths for the 20th Century, Atheistic Rule (Communism) beats out all military and all civilian deaths from all the wars in the past Century. Military War Deaths were listed at 33.5 Million worldwide, Civilian War casualties are listed at 54 Million worldwide compared to 60 Million deaths attributed solely to Communist/Atheist oppression (not including deaths of civilians or military personal during Communist/Atheist revolutions). According to him, 41%, almost half, of all the deaths in the 20th Century were committed by Atheist militant governments during peacetime, against their own people. The Historical evidence shows that Atheistic governments have been responsible for more deaths than organized religion in recent times.

"When searching for examples of state-sponsored barbarities, intellectuals are quick to point to the Spanish Inquisition or its Protestant imitation, the Witchhunt. How could anyone, modern academics wonder, persecute another for their beliefs? These same intellectuals, ironically, are often the very people who served as cheerleaders for political persecution and mass murder on a scale unmatched in human history. The Spanish Inquisition claimed slightly more than 2,000 lives during its 25-year apex between 1480 and 1505. One would be hard pressed to find any 25-day period in Russia under Stalin, China under Mao, or Cambodia under Pol Pot in which the killing was that slight. Yet it is a Torquemada or Salem that is equated with homicidal intolerance. The crimes of Communism are ignored. Being generous, one might suppose that intellectuals are simply blinded by the prejudices of our age and are unable to detach themselves and see the killing that has occurred right under their noses. A more cynical perspective might view their amnesia as a self-induced condition brought on as a method to absolve themselves of their own role in supporting murder... [A]cademics have been engaged in 'ideologically motivated self-deception' for more than 80 years, refusing to believe that their ideological cousins could be capable of such diabolical crimes." (from Ideas Have Consequences... Like Murder, Tyranny, and Repression). I will go into more detail of how the Atheistic ideology manifested in Communist governments has persecuted others with tenacity in the following posts:

Atrocities of Atheism: Episode II -- Attack of the Chinese .
Atrocities of Atheism: Episode III .
Atrocities of Atheism: Episode IV -- A New 'Killing-Field' .
Atrocities of Atheism: Episode V -- The Evil Empire Strikes Back .

And don't miss the exciting purposeful conclusion in:

Atrocities of Atheism: Episode VI -- Return of the Believers