Arcadian83
Prince
It is good to see that the Atheists here are not rabidly so. 
Would you support an Atheistic Theocracy?
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GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I know there would be a minority of Atheists that would rabidly support oppressing the religious people.Arcadian83 said:It is good to see that the Atheists here are not rabidly so.
I am glad that I can worship as a please without being persecuted
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Adamb0mb
Lawless
No aTheocracy for me, it'd be a pain to enforce and would be resisted to the death by some. Best to let people have their beliefs as long as they don't hurt others.
warpus
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mdwh said:
I think we had something like that a while back. It might be possible to dig up the numbers and compare?
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Even if there was an Atheist Theocracy, I would still have my own personal Kamidana (With Jesus and my Patron Saint in it) in my house 
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warpus said:
Well, I'm looking up threads now. Here's one:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104045&highlight=Religious+Theocracy
Edit: But this one isn't closed! Curt's Thread
CivGeneral said:Even if there was an Atheist Theocracy, I would still have my own personal Kamidana (With Jesus and my Patron Saint in it) in my house
And they would martyr you in private. They would hate all religion, and would murder a religious person on sight.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
And that one is cloooooosed!Tycoon101 said:
Shadylookin
master debater
secularism is great, but a society that banned religion probably wouldn't be. besides its no concern of mine if if you want to believe in a god
Perfection
The Great Head.
The term "atheistic theocracy" seems meaningless to me, because there is no theology or coherant moral system for atheism. Atheism is too inclusive a term for theocracy to come out.
Spartan117
Immortal
Perfection said:
what he said
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Perfection said:
The Communist Soviet Union did it. They persecuted the Russian Orthodox Christians as well as taking away the churches. Sounds like Atheist Theocracy to me.
The good part of the Shinto component in my belief system is that I can practace it discreetlyTycoon101 said:
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warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
CivGeneral said:
I've never heard of anyone describing the Soviet Union as an "atheistic theocracy" before. I'm pretty sure their society was designed around the idea of communism, instead.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Not really, they were more antireligion then a theocracy. There is no atheist theology or holy books. The tenants of the Soviet Union did not come from atheism but from other sources.CivGeneral said:
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I would suggest a bit of reading about the history of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Communist era of Russia.warpus said:I've never heard of anyone describing the Soviet Union as an "atheistic theocracy" before. I'm pretty sure their society was designed around the idea of communism, instead.
Wiki article about Religion in the Soviet Union: Policy towards religion
Russian Orthodox Church
Bluemofia
F=ma
Theocracies are always bad. They really hold back the potential of people by spending effort persecuting the ones that don't conform. So... I won't support it.
Results are kind of lopsided, aren't they? Not a single person religious or not supports an Athiest theocracy. And no one has even picked the radioactive monkey option yet!
Results are kind of lopsided, aren't they? Not a single person religious or not supports an Athiest theocracy. And no one has even picked the radioactive monkey option yet!
Shadylookin
master debater
CivGeneral said:The Communist Soviet Union did it. They persecuted the Russian Orthodox Christians as well as taking away the churches. Sounds like Atheist Theocracy to me.
The good part of the Shinto component in my belief system is that I can practace it discreetly
communists were following the communist manifesto, their ideology was communism. atheism lacks rules, regulations, and structure to call it a religion or base a "theocracy" around it
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