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And, to any atheists out there: \u00a0Please, before you post an oration about religion as the cause of wars and violence and suffering, think about Lenin, Stalin, Enver Hoxha, Robespierre, the Castro brothers, Pol Pot, the Tamil Tigers, Trotsky, and Mao and try to avoid embarrassing yourself.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 This is, essentially, a companion piece to the column on \u201cIs Islam a religion of peace\u201d to which I recently referred: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865647040\/Buddhism-and-violence.html \u00a0 And, to any atheists out there: \u00a0Please, before you post an oration about religion as the cause of wars and violence and suffering, think about Lenin, Stalin, Enver Hoxha, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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