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*[http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/comfaq.htm Museum of Communism FAQ] by Bryan Caplan]

*[http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/comfaq.htm Museum of Communism FAQ] by Bryan Caplan]

*[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref>

*[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref>

<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=China to reform re-education through labor system|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/07/c_132086402.htm|accessdate=January 8, 2013|publisher=Xinhua|date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and slavery]]

<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=China to reform re-education through labor system|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/07/c_132086402.htm|accessdate=January 8, 2013|publisher=Xinhua|date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and slavery]]

[[Karl Marx]] established [[atheism]] as a key part of communism.  He famously said,  "Religion ... is the opium of the masses."<ref>Marx, K. [http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/31765.html Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right] (Classic Quotations) (Standard translation from the original German).</ref> He believed it was part of the "superstructure," a false culture built to maintain the status quo.  Thus he denigrated Christianity as a fictional religion.  Instead, Marx was an avowed atheist, as he wrote, "Communism begins from the outset with [[atheism]]; but atheism is at first far from being communism; indeed, that atheism is still mostly an abstraction."<ref>Marx, Karl, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/comm.htm Private Property and Communism], 1944.</ref>

[[Karl Marx]] established [[atheism]] as a key part of communism.  He famously said,  "Religion ... is the opium of the masses."<ref>Marx, K. [http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/31765.html Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right] (Classic Quotations) (Standard translation from the original German).</ref> He believed it was part of the "superstructure," a false culture built to maintain the status quo.  Thus he denigrated Christianity as a fictional religion.  Instead, Marx was an avowed atheist, as he wrote, "Communism begins from the outset with [[atheism]]; but atheism is at first far from being communism; indeed, that atheism is still mostly an abstraction."<ref>Marx, Karl, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/comm.htm Private Property and Communism], 1944.</ref>

=== Atheistic communist regime of North Korea uses forced labor ===

=== Atheistic communist regime of North Korea uses forced labor ===

[[File:Flag of North Korea.png|thumbnail|right|200px|The atheistic communist regime of [[North Korea]] presently uses forced labor.<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref>]]

[[File:Flag of North Korea.png|thumbnail|right|200px|The atheistic communist regime of [[North Korea]] presently uses forced labor.<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref>]]

''See also:'' [[North Korea and forced labor]]

''See also:'' [[North Korea and forced labor]]

[[North Korea]] practices [[state atheism]] and belief in [[God]] is actively discouraged.<ref>Elizabeth Raum. North Korea. Series: Countries Around the World. Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 1432961330. p. 28: «North Korea is an atheist state. This means that people do not pray in public or attend places of worship. Buddhist temples exist from earlier times. They are now preserved as historic buildings, but they are not used for worship. A few Christian churches exist, but few people attend services. North Koreans do not celebrate religious holidays.»</ref>  Open Doors, an organization based in the United States, has put North Korea at the very top of its list of countries where [[Christianity|Christians]] face significant persecution - for 12 years in a row.<ref>[http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-22/repressive-atheist-north-korea-has-surprising-relationship-christian-missionaries Repressive, atheist North Korea has a surprising relationship with Christian missionaries]</ref>

[[North Korea]] practices [[state atheism]] and belief in [[God]] is actively discouraged.<ref>Elizabeth Raum. North Korea. Series: Countries Around the World. Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 1432961330. p. 28: «North Korea is an atheist state. This means that people do not pray in public or attend places of worship. Buddhist temples exist from earlier times. They are now preserved as historic buildings, but they are not used for worship. A few Christian churches exist, but few people attend services. North Koreans do not celebrate religious holidays.»</ref>  Open Doors, an organization based in the United States, has put North Korea at the very top of its list of countries where [[Christianity|Christians]] face significant persecution - for 12 years in a row.<ref>[http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-22/repressive-atheist-north-korea-has-surprising-relationship-christian-missionaries Repressive, atheist North Korea has a surprising relationship with Christian missionaries]</ref>

The atheistic communist regime of North Korea presently uses forced labor.<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref>

The atheistic communist regime of North Korea presently uses forced labor.<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/13/north-korea-economic-system-built-forced-labor North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor New Testimonies Say Even Children Must Work or Face Detention Camps], Human Rights Watch, June 13, 2012</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/07/qatar-north-korean-forced-labour Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’], The Guardian, Pete Pattisson in Doha, Friday 7 November 2014 07.52 EST]</ref>

In 2012, Human Rights Watch reported:  

In 2012, Human Rights Watch reported:  

''See also:'' [[Atheism and slavery]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and slavery]]

[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref>]]

[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref>]]

[[China]] has the world's largest atheist population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[https://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>

[[China]] has the world's largest atheist population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[https://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>

==== Atheistic China and forced labor ====

==== Atheistic China and forced labor ====

According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals.

According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals.

The Chinese government run media outlet Xinhua reported in early 2013 that the country plans to reform its "controversial re-education through labor system this year."<ref>{{cite news|title=China to reform re-education through labor system|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/07/c_132086402.htm|accessdate=January 8, 2013|publisher=Xinhua|date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>

The Chinese government run media outlet Xinhua reported in early 2013 that the country plans to reform its "controversial re-education through labor system this year."<ref>{{cite news|title=China to reform re-education through labor system|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/07/c_132086402.htm|accessdate=January 8, 2013|publisher=Xinhua|date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>

== Atheism and spiritual slavery ==

== Atheism and spiritual slavery ==

Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." (John 8: 34-36).  The popular Christian YouTube creators [[Shockofgod]] and Jezuzfreek777 point out that atheism keeps people under spiritual slavery and Christianity gives people liberty.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ti0jxz8DU Atheism promotes slavery]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsABl3lKlo Atheist are slaves]</ref>

Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." (John 8: 34-36).  The popular Christian YouTube creators [[Shockofgod]] and Jezuzfreek777 point out that atheism keeps people under spiritual slavery and Christianity gives people liberty.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ti0jxz8DU Atheism promotes slavery]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsABl3lKlo Atheist are slaves]</ref>

== Daily Mail declared that Richard Dawkins' family fortune came from the slave trade ==

== Daily Mail declared that Richard Dawkins' family fortune came from the slave trade ==