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Koukl details the number of people killed in various events involving theism and compares them to the much higher tens of millions of people killed under [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[communist]] regimes, in which [[militant atheism]] served as the official doctrine of the state.<ref name="Koukl" />   

Koukl details the number of people killed in various events involving theism and compares them to the much higher tens of millions of people killed under [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[communist]] regimes, in which [[militant atheism]] served as the official doctrine of the state.<ref name="Koukl" />   

[[Communist]] regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to [[Le Monde]], more than 100 million people<ref> [[China]]: 65 million [[mass murder|deaths]]; [[USSR]]: 20 million deaths; [[North Korea]]: 2 million deaths; [[Cambodia]]: 2 million deaths; [[Africa]]: 1.7 million deaths; [[Afghanistan]]: 1.5 million deaths; [[Vietnam]]: 1 million deaths; [[Eastern Europe]]: 1 million deaths; [[Latin America]]: 150,000 deaths; [[Communist]] movements or parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths. "Nearly 100 million deaths. Not casualties of war, but [[mass murder|civilian slaughter]]. Deaths in [[gulag]]s and [[concentration camp]]s. Deaths from a bullet to the head. Most of all, deaths by [[starvation]] - the result either of planned [[famine]]s, meted out as punishment to internal foes (as in [[Stalin]]'s USSR), or unintended consequences of [[central planning|policy]]." [[Claire Wolfe]], Black Book of Communism - Review , [[Free Republc]], (formerly posted on the Pro-[[Second Amendment]] [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]] ([[JPFO]]), http://www.jpfo.org/wolfe-blackbook.htm No longer available), http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/786293/posts?page=33  Accessed December 3, 2014 </ref> according to ''The Black Book of Communism'' (Panné, J.L., Paczkowski A. et al, 1999).<ref> Available at https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt Accessed December 3, 2014. https://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Book-Communism-Repression/dp/0674076087</ref> and according to [[Cleon Skousen]]<ref> father of [[anti-Communist]] [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[survivalist]] author [[Joel Skousen]]</ref> in his best-selling book ''[[The Naked Communist]]''.<ref>"In July 2014, the noted [[[African-American]]] surgeon and political commentator, Dr. [[Ben Carson]], appeared on [[Fox News]] and said, "[[The Naked Communist]] lays out the whole [[progressive]] agenda.</ref>

[[Communist]] regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to ''Le Monde'', more than 100 million people<ref> [[China]]: 65 million [[mass murder|deaths]]; [[USSR]]: 20 million deaths; [[North Korea]]: 2 million deaths; [[Cambodia]]: 2 million deaths; [[Africa]]: 1.7 million deaths; [[Afghanistan]]: 1.5 million deaths; [[Vietnam]]: 1 million deaths; [[Eastern Europe]]: 1 million deaths; [[Latin America]]: 150,000 deaths; [[Communist]] movements or parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths. "Nearly 100 million deaths. Not casualties of war, but [[mass murder|civilian slaughter]]. Deaths in [[gulag]]s and [[concentration camp]]s. Deaths from a bullet to the head. Most of all, deaths by [[starvation]] - the result either of planned [[famine]]s, meted out as punishment to internal foes (as in [[Stalin]]'s USSR), or unintended consequences of [[central planning|policy]]." [[Claire Wolfe]], Black Book of Communism - Review , [[Free Republc]], (formerly posted on the Pro-[[Second Amendment]] [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]] ([[JPFO]]), http://www.jpfo.org/wolfe-blackbook.htm No longer available), http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/786293/posts?page=33  Accessed December 3, 2014 </ref> according to ''The Black Book of Communism'' (Panné, J.L., Paczkowski A. et al, 1999).<ref> Available at https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt Accessed December 3, 2014. https://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Book-Communism-Repression/dp/0674076087</ref> and according to [[Cleon Skousen]]<ref> father of [[anti-Communist]] [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[survivalist]] author [[Joel Skousen]]</ref> in his best-selling book ''The Naked Communist''.<ref>"In July 2014, the noted [[[African-American]]] surgeon and political commentator, Dr. [[Ben Carson]], appeared on [[Fox News]] and said, "[[The Naked Communist]] lays out the whole [[progressive]] agenda.</ref>

It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic [[communism]] have caused the death of somewhere between 40,472,000 to 259,432,000 human lives.<ref>

It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic [[communism]] have caused the death of somewhere between 40,472,000 to 259,432,000 human lives.<ref>