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TimTheTinkerlast Monday at 10:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Those who would think of such a passage (or any biblical passage) and those who push for a total-control agenda are disjoint sets.

Communism and fascism were both fueled by atheism (either explicit or functional), not a Judeo-Christian worldview.

"Ohne Gott und Sonnenschein bringen wir die Ernte ein." (Without God and without sun, we will get the harvest done.) - the slogan of East Germany in 1975 when people were hungry and it kept raining during harvest.


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autoexeclast Tuesday at 2:01 AM

Christian fascism exists. In the US it's how fascism came to the country. Christofascism doesn't seem to have any problem with the absence of atheism.

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sophrosyne42last Tuesday at 1:07 AM

The existence and polularity of Christian socialist movements in Europe contradicts this thesis strongly.

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