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rbwinn wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, really, aren't you talking about communism and totalitarianism?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What does atheism have to do with it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Under World Communism one of the pre-requisites for being a dictator
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was being an atheist.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because Karl Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people.
>>>>>>>>>>>> And...?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Religious people were not allowed to be Communist dictators.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cite?
>>>>>>>>>>> Well, just go ahead and list all of the Communist dictators who were
>>>>>>>>>>> Christians, Daniel.
>>>>>>>>>> Thomas M ntzer, for starters.
>>>>>>>>>> I have more, but I think even one example destroys your guess that
>>>>>>>>>> religious people are not allowed to be communist dictators.
>>>>>>>>>> By the way, check out this quote from tienne Cabet: "Communism is
>>>>>>>>>> Christianity... it is pure Christianity, before it was corrupted by
>>>>>>>>>> Catholicism."
>>>>>>>>> Never heard of Thomas Muntzer.
>>>>>>>> Then this is an opportunity for you to do research. Seek and ye shall find.
>>>>>>>>> Etienne Cabet sent a colony to Nauvoo,
>>>>>>>>> Illinois, to take over the houses left by members of the Church of
>>>>>>>>> Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who were driven from the city by
>>>>>>>>> mobs. The Communist colony failed.
>>>>>>>> Irrelevant.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Well, I do not think it was irrelevant.
>>>>>> It is irrelevant to whether Christians can be communist and whether
>>>>>> Christians can become communist dictators.
>>>>>> --
>>>>> Well, it was not irrelevant at the time, just as it is not irrelevant
>>>>> now whether independent voters are allowed to run for office in this
>>>>> country.
>>>> Um, what?
>>> Since the election of 1800 political party politicians have passed
>>> laws at state level designed to keep independent voters from running
>>> for public office.
>> What has that got to do with Christian Communistic Dictators?
>>
>> (And independent voters can't run for public office?! �WHAT?!)
>>
>> --
> Political party politicians are passing laws as we speak to prevent
> independent voters from running for office.  In Arizona, the state
> where I live, an independent voter is required to obtain about 20,000
> nomination petition signatures to appear on the ballot for the same
> office a major party candidate is required to obtain 3,000 signatures
> to appear on the ballot.
> States like Alabama, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have been passing
> similar laws designed to insure that independent voters cannot compete
> with party candidates for ballot access.
> Robert B. Winn

OK ...... I'm lost now ...... can we back up a bit here ?
How does people moving into vacant Mormon Houses and Independent voters 
running or not running for office in Arizona, relate to whether or not a 
Communist can be a Christian OR a Christian can be a communist Dictator ??
Bob ...... can you please just TRY and stay on one topic for at least a 
few posts ? My head is hurting from trying to follow your logic ( or 
what passes for it ) up hill and down dale ..... through hoops and under 
fences .....

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............. and I'm not sure about the Universe ..........
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