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:These figures are tragic, and of course population levels were much lower at the time. But even so, they are minuscule compared with the death tolls produced by the [[atheist]] despotisms of the 20th century. In the name of creating their version of a religion-free utopia, [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], and [[Mao Zedong]] produced the kind of mass slaughter that no [[Inquisitor]] could possibly match. Collectively these atheist [[tyrant]]s murdered more than 100 million people.<ref>Christian Science Monitor: [https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history]</ref>

:These figures are tragic, and of course population levels were much lower at the time. But even so, they are minuscule compared with the death tolls produced by the [[atheist]] despotisms of the 20th century. In the name of creating their version of a religion-free utopia, [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], and [[Mao Zedong]] produced the kind of mass slaughter that no [[Inquisitor]] could possibly match. Collectively these atheist [[tyrant]]s murdered more than 100 million people.<ref>Christian Science Monitor: [https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history]</ref>

==Communism and Mass Murder==

==Socialism and mass murder==

[[Communist]] regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to [[Le Monde]], more than 100 million people<ref>[[China]]: 65 million 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 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 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 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>