Atheism
Atheism is the claim that a person holds that there is no God or gods. Atheism claims it holds a view of the absence of belief in, or rejection of, the existence of deities. This is not a religion or a formal belief system, but a belief system with many different views. There is a soft line from Atheism to Agnosticism, not sure there is a God. The range can go from a weak belief system (weak atheism) to the positive claim that no gods exist (strong atheism). Atheists often base their worldview on naturalism and secular ethics.
Communist China has the most atheists, as the government teaches that the state is all that one should believe in and live for. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is officially atheist and mandates that its nearly 100 million members refrain from religious belief, viewing faith as incompatible with Marxist ideology. While the state promotes atheism and restricts, regulates, or suppresses religious practices, it officially recognizes five religions—Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism—which must operate under state supervision and adhere to "Sinicization". Adherents: Communist China, about 200 million. There are over 100 million Christians who operate in unofficial Christian house churches that are persecuted by Communist China. China has about 44 million registered believers. Choibalsan (Mongolia) and Mengistu (Ethiopia) also presided over atheists violent, state-sponsored mass killings (Red Terror) with 2 million killed.
Naturalism is the belief that all can be explained from a Naturalist worldview. This is a type of Atheism. Naturalism would include those who have not asked or thought about the question of causality in the universe. Naturalism is linked to Materialist and Marxist influences. A materialist worldview holds that matter is the fundamental substance of nature, and all phenomena—including consciousness, thoughts, and emotions—are results of physical interactions. The Marxist worldview (founded in 1867) is a materialist, conflict-based framework asserting that economic structures (the base) dictate social, political, and intellectual life (the superstructure). It views history as a continuous struggle between the owning class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat), aiming to abolish private property and capitalism to achieve a classless, communist society.
God of the Bible Hating Atheism: Many Atheists spend time talking about how they hate the God of the Bible and hate Christians. This is a strong belief system, as a lot of time, energy, money, and emotion are invested in discussing the God of the Bible. These "Atheists" do not talk about any other gods, only the God of the Bible, so it is not so much that they do not believe in God; they just do not like Him. If they were true Atheists, the God of the Bible would be the same as the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, or the tooth fairy, which no one seems to talk about in hate speech, write books about and give talks about. Current well-known God-hating atheists would include Christopher Hitchens, Peter Atkins and Richard Dawkins. (Peter Atkins debates Christian astronomy video) Richard Dawkins claims the Bible is "bad" as it talks about blood. We put this question to his followers, 3,500 years ago (long before microscopes were around), the Bible states in Leviticus 17:14, "For the life of every creature is the blood of it" So, is this statement correct? The Richard Dawkins follower refused to answer the question. Why? If yes, then all of Richard Dawkins claims about the Bible are in error. In case you did not take biology. Blood takes blood, takes oxygen and nutrients to every cell in your body. Blood has white cells that act as the body's primary defense system, destroying bacteria, viruses, and foreign invaders to fight infection. Richard Dawkins clearly has no idea what he is talking about and making money off of. As the Bible got it correct 3,500 years ago. This is why the Bible talks about the importance of Blood, not just physically, but also spiritually. Dawkins is know for the normalization of bigotry in his teachings. Christopher Hitchens is known for mocking his adversaries is arrogant or excessively rude confrontational. Peter Atkins said no evidence (now or otherwise) would change my mind on his views of Atheism (even if he sees a dead person rise again).
Rejection vs. Ignorance: Some have rejected the Christian faith. Others are in a state of ignorance. There are two types of ignorance: Those who are just too busy, or those who have never gotten around to thinking about God or an afterlife, and those who are in self-imposed ignorance; they willfully do not want to know about the God of the Bible. Many are looking for a loophole to get around the Space-time theorem, the Anthropic Principle, and the Bible is True.
Agnosticism is the belief that the existence of God, or the divine, or the supernatural is unknown. This was coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869; it represents a middle ground between theism and atheism, asserting that human reason is insufficient to definitively prove or disprove the existence of God. It also includes those who have just not made up their mind on the topic (have not thought or put the idea to any testing). It could also be someone who has departed one faith and has not decided to return or look for a new faith.
French Revolution Atheism: The first large Atheism movement was the radical dechristianization efforts led to the rise of state-sponsored atheism. The state-sponsored atheism supported the Cult of Reason (1793–1794). This movement aimed to replace Christian/Catholicism with a belief system based on rationalism, materialism, and civic virtue. All churches were either closed or converted into "Temples of Reason"/"Goddess of Reason" and promoted the idea that "death is an eternal sleep". French Revolution Atheism killed thousands of clergy (up to 30% of priests, nuns and pastors) in the Reign of Terror (1793–1794)(guillotine, drowned or burned). Many others were persecuted for refusing to pledge loyalty to the revolutionary government. The state confiscated Church property and exiled over 30,000 priests, nuns and pastors. Over 200,000 people were killed by the French Revolution Atheism, most were commoners, and only 8.5% were noblemen and women. The killing and persecution did not end till Napoleon Bonaparte made peace with the church in 1802, after 8 years of atheist killing. But the Church lands and wealth confiscated during the Revolution were not returned by the state. Napoleon did ban the "Temples of Reason"/"Goddess of Reason" cults in 1802.
Major Atheism Problem:
In Atheism, unlike most other faith systems, humans are not made in the image of God (Abraham faiths) or a god (Eastern faith); with this low view of human life has come the death of millions. The Hudson Institute cites approximately 100 million victims of Atheism, including 60 million in the Soviet Union, 65 million in China, 2.8 million Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, over 3 million in North Korean and 1 million in Vietnam. The number could be up to 148 million if one includes deaths from Atheism caused famines at the command of about fifty-two atheist leaders.
(Atheism like to pointout: The Salem witch trials that killed 25, and the Spanish Inquisition, which was active over a period of 350 years is estimated at 5,000 death. Atheism will sometimes point to the crusades' death toll, but this was not about faith, but land. The Muslim conquest death toll is in the millions, including the taking of the Holy Land. The Crusades were to free the Holy Land from Muslim conquest and to restore freedom of worship and pilgrimage. The Crusaders held Jerusalem for approximately 88 years.)
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Nazi Germany Leaders:
There are many false claims about the key leaders of Nazi Germany. Some claim they were Christian, others claim they were Atheists. Both claims are false. High-ranking Nazis like Heinrich Himmler and Martin Bormann were deeply anti-church, with Bormann famously declaring that National Socialism and Christianity were "irreconcilable. The SS, who carried out most of the Killing of civilians in World War 2, operated under Heinrich Himmler, who promoted a neo-pagan, völkisch, and mystical ideology, a type of Occultism and pseudo-religious ideology centered on Germanic mysticism, racial supremacy, and absolute loyalty to Hitler. Völkisch, called "Blood and Soil" (Blut und Boden) rhetoric, romanticizes a racially pure, agrarian German "folk" (the Volk). Occultism in SS Germany, driven primarily by Heinrich Himmler through the Ahnenerbe (Ancestral Heritage) organization, focused on pseudo-scientific research to prove Aryan supremacy and support Nazi ideology. While not a fully official state religion, esoteric, pagan, and völkisch ideas influenced top SS leadership, focusing on Germanic heritage and occult symbols. Heinrich Himmler was the overseer of the Holocaust, the elimination of those deemed "subhuman" (Untermenschen), including Jews, Roma, and others. Himmler sought to replace Christian traditions with a religion centered on Nordic/Germanic ancestry, heritage, and the "Aryan" race. Himmler was captured by British forces and, on May 23, 1945, committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule before he could stand trial for his crimes. Wewelsburg Castle was the SS "temple" for all SS branches, the "General SS" ("Allgemeine SS"), the police, and the "Armed SS" ("Waffen-SS"). There was SS esotericism, comprising Germanic mysticism, an ancestor cult, the worship of runes, and racial doctrines. Hitler declared, "Our epoch will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity," and claimed that "The Christian religion is nothing but a Jewish sect," and that, "One is either a Christian or a German. You cannot be both." (Hitler's Table Talk (1941–1944))
Ref:
https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/100-years-of-communism-and-100-million-dead
https://victimsofcommunism.org/curriculum-chapter-6/
https://victimsofcommunism.org/curriculum-chapter-7/
http://www.thomism.org/atheism/atheist_murderers.html