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| | The [[atheist]] [[Mao Zedong]] killed tens of millions during his [[Great Leap Forward]] and many more during the purges and slaughters of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. | | The [[atheist]] [[Mao Zedong]] killed tens of millions during his [[Great Leap Forward]] and many more during the purges and slaughters of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. |
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| − | [[File:Flag of Japan.png|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world,<ref>
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| − | *[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref> ]]
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| − | [[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world,<ref>
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| − | *[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>
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| − | In the [[Nanking massacre]] (or Rape of Nanking) the Japanese military murdered 100,000 to 300,000 Chinese after conquering the city of [[Nanjing]] (then called ''Nanking'' in English, just as [[Beijing]] was called ''Peking''.)
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| − | It was a [[war crime]] committed by the [[Japan]]ese military during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. The Japanese army committed atrocities against the capital of Nationalist China, famously murder and rape. The death toll is disputed, but most estimates give a total of 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians killed.<ref>[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9054784/Nanking-Massacre Nanking Massacre]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/nj.html#NJM Basic Facts on the Nanjing Massacre and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial]</ref>
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| − | :In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst [[atrocity]] during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.<ref name=genocide>[http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century]</ref>
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| − | :In addition, the notorious [[Comfort Women]] system was introduced which forced young Chinese women to become [[slave]]-[[prostitute]]s, existing solely for the sexual pleasure of Japanese soldiers.<ref name=genocide/>
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| | == Atheism and abortion == | | == Atheism and abortion == |
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