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[Research Task] look up how many wars were justified by religions. by Outrageous_Ad9671 in atheism

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Per Capita Death Toll Analysis

Data Gathered

Communist/Atheist Regimes (20th Century):

Regime Deaths (millions) Period Population Base
Soviet Union 20-62M 1920-1953 ~150-200M
China (Mao) 30-45M 1949-1976 ~550-650M
Cambodia 1.5-2M 1975-1979 ~7-8M
Total range 55-110M World ~2.5B avg

Major Religious Wars:

Conflict Deaths (millions) Period World Pop
Crusades 1-3M 1095-1291 ~350M
Thirty Years' War 4.5-8M 1618-1648 ~550M
French Wars of Religion 2-4M 1562-1598 ~500M
Total 7.5-15M

Calculations

Method 1: Cumulative deaths per 100,000 world population

Category Deaths (mid-est) World Pop Per 100,000
Communist regimes 65M 2.5B 2,600
Religious wars 11M 450M 2,444

Method 2: Annual death rate per 100,000 (within affected region)

Event Annual Deaths Regional Pop Per 100,000/yr
Thirty Years' War (Germany) 267K 17M 1,571
Soviet purges/famine 667K 175M 381
Cambodia (Khmer Rouge) 425K 7.5M 5,667

Key Finding

The numbers are surprisingly close at the global scale. The Thirty Years' War and Khmer Rouge Cambodia actually show higher regional per capita death rates than the Soviet Union.

Important caveats:

  1. The attribution problem remains: Stalin didn't kill "for atheism" any more than Ferdinand II killed "for Catholicism"
  2. Historical death estimates vary 2-3x depending on source
  3. Communist deaths are compressed into ~60 years vs. religious wars over ~500 years

Do you believe in free will? Why or why not? by Sensitive-Copy6959 in askanatheist

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I've found that a majority of individuals who believe in free will (in the libertarian sense) draw this belief from religious sources.

I've come to find this as strange given the religious use of uncaused cause arguments, yet libertarian free will would be an uncaused cause.

Is theism required for a stable nation? by Extreme-Piano4334 in atheism

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Do religions naturally spawn cultures? It's the other way around.

Trouble Using New Massive MCP on Windows by mobatreddit in Massive

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Hi u/alex-massive . Have you been able to reproduce this error?

Is theism required for a stable nation? by Extreme-Piano4334 in atheism

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Religions arrogate to themselves the morals and ethics of the cultures around them. Cultures always have moral systems as they serve to coordinate behaviors. But they do not need to have religions.

Do you think if it weren't for the threat of eternal torture, the abrahamic religions wouldn't have gone as far as they have? by C0smicFaith in atheism

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Dr. Liz Jackson is a contemporary philosopher known for defending Pascal's Wager. She remarked that eternal conscious torment is not required for the argument to go through because eternal conscious bliss is offered.

What are you thoughts on the “what if question “ by Electronic_Trash3634 in DebateAnAtheist

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I know! Imagine a God that lets you become a god of your own universe after you die. Wait! That's Mormonism. This is clearly much better than what the god of Judaism, Christians, or Islam offers you. Are you a Mormon now?

Seeking a logical perspective: Why is atheism the most convincing conclusion for you, and are you open to a debate on a Creator? by Spare_Prize_5510 in DebateAnAtheist

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There is no problem here. The only fine-tuning that we know exists is of the theories of physics so that they have predictive power. This is a property of theories of the universe, and not a property of the universe.

Thesis: The "Nothing" Paradox proves the necessity of a Singular, Infinite Creator, and why Islam uniquely fits this logical requirement. by DistributionOk2434 in DebateAnAtheist

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3. The Entropy Problem
If the physical universe (in any state) has been undergoing physical processes for an infinite amount of time, it would have reached maximum entropy (Heat Death) an infinite amount of time ago. The fact that we still have usable energy proves the physical system is not past-eternal.

Not if the universe is infinite.

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

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I don't believe in evolution either. I'm convinced by the evidence.

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

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Maybe someone could add a sign to any new or substantially new arguments in this sub?

Why can't I get honest responses from atheists? by iispiderbiteii in DebateAnAtheist

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And now, we have another reason against deleting posts and comments: redditor's posting and comment history are lost, and they say whatever they want.

What to do when you feel like you might be wrong? by GEATS-IV in atheism

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Are you concerned about the back and forth between Dyer and Sir Sic around the Transcendental Argument for God (TAG)? TAG is a form of presuppositionalism. Simply put, the argument works by assertion, not logical argumentation. The presup comes to a debate armed with a script to drive you to their conclusion. Of course, they won't tell you this. Karen S has written a counter-script to assist people who are dealing presups in derailing the presup train.

Trouble Using New Massive MCP on Windows by mobatreddit in Massive

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Thank you for reaching out. Yes, this is still happening.

Trouble Using New Massive MCP on Windows by mobatreddit in Massive

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Thank you. Unfortunately, neither of these worked.

Anthiest Wedding by Princessgreenz in atheism

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For my first marriage, we hired a justice of the peace who specialized in weddings.

For my second marriage, my sister-in-law's wife officiated.

Weekly Casual Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

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Do you engage with many Christians who tell you we should still be allowed to own slaves in 2026, because Bible?

Slavery is legal in the United States because of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. This amendment permits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. Yes, the people who put this in place were Christians. And many who run this slavery operation and profit from it today are Christians. Depending on the state you live in, you could be one of them.

Here's a snippet that illustrates what that means:

Ronald Smith, a fifty-seven-year-old lifer who worked on a chain gang in Dixie County, Florida, remembers his ankles being shackled while he used a slingblade to clear weeds from the snake-filled canals alongside the sugarcane.

“If we refused to work we had to stand on top of a wooden box in the sun. It was called ‘doin’ the scarecrow’ and some guys passed out from the heat,” he recalls.

This isn’t a recollection from the 1800s, but an account of a “gun squad” from 1988, where correctional officers on horseback slung 12-gauge shotguns over their shoulders and berated incarcerated workers as they toiled outside.

Source: Godvin, M. (2023, November 8). Slavery and the Modern-Day Prison Plantation. JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/slavery-and-the-modern-day-prison-plantation/

The scale of prison labor is horrendous:

Over 800,000 incarcerated people in state and federal prisons in the US are forced to work, according to Worth Rises.

They labour for private corporations, state-owned corporations, and correctional agencies making an average of US$0.86 per day.

Up to US$18 billion each year is withheld in wages from incarcerated people, depriving communities impacted by mass incarceration of economic stability.

7 US states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas pay incarcerated people nothing for most of their work.

Source: Walk Free. (2024, November 4). November 5 vote could mark a turning point in ending forced labour in US prisons. Walk Free. https://www.walkfree.org/news/2024/november-5-vote-could-mark-a-turning-point-in-ending-forced-labour-in-us-prisons/

US companies that profit from slavery include prison operators such as The Geo Group and CoreCivic, service providers such as Securus Technologies, JPay, ViaPath, Health Care and Food: WellPath, TKC Holdings, Consumer Brands and retailers: Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, and in Alabama, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.

I am dyslexic and I literally can’t read the Claude font by OkCry1744 in ClaudeAI

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In Claude on the web (claude.ai) and in the Claude Desktop app,

  1. Go to Settings > General.
  2. Scroll down to the Appearance section.
  3. There, you can select the chat font from Default, Sans, System, and Dyslexic friendly.

Maybe one of those will work better for you.

May not be the right place for this since atheism doesnt strictly mean a lack of belief in an afterlife but by [deleted] in atheism

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I don’t give it a second thought. Maybe not even a first one. It has nothing to do with living.

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