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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

forced people to drop their religion as part of state atheism.

Sounds like

progressivism and secularism

To me

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Forcing someone to change their beliefs is considered progressivism and secularism? I did not get the memo that progressives are authoritarians. What were the Afghans resisting the Soviets for then?

[–] redisdead 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Getting rid of religion would be a major leap forward for humanity.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As much as I want religion to be gone, you can't force people to change their beliefs overnight. We frown upon forced conversion by one religion on another; why can't atheist apply the same standard to theists? That was the mistake of communist Afghans and it only led to a severe backlash of inducing the mostly conservative Afghans to become ultra-consenservative Islamists. Every reaction has an opposite but equal reaction. Social changes has to be organic.

[–] redisdead 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

ah yes, Islamists, the group of people well known to be religiously open and totally not forcing their shit on everyone else.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It is well known communists cracked down on religion because they are staunchly atheists.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Same as always

People that make those decisions want to continue to make those decisions