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Bill wrote:
Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/18 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 05:37:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

| Mao was no fan of the
ancient religious beliefs in his country that were used to control the
peasants.

So Mao wasn't religious either. Maybe that's why all these guys
slaughtered millions. because of their paranoid atheist beliefs.

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Or lack of any other moral compass.


They were imitating the Crusaders?



Both sides were bad. Hell, Mohammedans were knocking on Paris when the
Crusades got started.



Richard, I thought this was the Crusader you were going to mention.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo




As to government making laws against religion. Reason we have problems
with the different versions of marriage these days is because until the
Edmunds Act in 1862 or so, Government was not involved in marriage. That
act was passed because some people with government connections did not like
the Mormons.