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Orrex

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4. True, but I see a difference

Reply to SSJVegeta (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 07:02 AM

Jun 24

In the USSR, I don't believe that atheism was offered as proof of worthiness to lead except to the extent that it was formal state policy.

In the US and Israel (not sure about Iran), one's faith is held up as a measure of one's worth, appealing to the religious sentiment of the public. The nation itself values, or claims to value, religious faith as some sort of morality test.

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I've never read once the country of atheism violates ceasefire agreement. [View all] Duncanpup Jun 24 OP

Wasnt the USSR an atheist country? SSJVegeta Jun 24 #1

Good point. Duncanpup Jun 24 #2

Yet they were the church of communism. Duncanpup Jun 24 #3

True, but I see a difference Orrex Jun 24 #4