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docandrew on April 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pal...

Ah yes, those famously utopian atheistic societies… like Soviet Russia and Mao’s China. Good thing they kept Christianity bloody clear of politics or things might have gotten ugly!

Beltiras on April 12, 2023 [–]

Neither of those are utopian atheistic societies. They were authoritarian hellholes that weren't even socialist in nature.

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