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Several researchers — for example, Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas, former Canadian parliamentarian David Kilgour, and the investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimate that tens of thousands [[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|In 1955, [[Falun GongChina|Chinese]] prisoners in communist China have been killed to supply a financially lucrative trade in human organs and cadaversleader Zhou Enlai declared, and "We Communists are atheists".<ref>Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2015, the Communist Party of China reaffirmed that these human rights abuses may members of their party must be ongoing concernatheists.<ref>[httphttps://www.nyjournalofbookshuffingtonpost.com/book-review2015/slaughter02/02/china-masscommunist-killingsparty-organatheism-harvesting Review of: Ethan Gutmann, “zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html China''The Slaughter: Mass Killingss Communist Party Bans Believers, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution Doubles Down On Atheism]</ref>]] According to Its Dissident Problem''”, a 2012 Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (Prometheus Books, 2014WIN/GIA)poll, 47% of Chinese people were convinced atheists, and a further 30% were not religious.In comparison, only 14% considered themselves to be religious.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.winmr.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2012-11-28}}</ref>See: [[China and atheism]]

The atheistic communist regime of China has a long standing track record of persecuting religious believers. HoweverSeveral researchers — for example, despite communist atheists efforts to suppress religionCanadian human rights lawyer David Matas, Christianity is experiencing rapid growth in China (see: former Canadian parliamentarian David Kilgour, and the investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimate that tens of thousands of [[Growth of Christianity Falun Gong]] prisoners in [[communism|communist]] [[China]]have been killed to supply a financially lucrative trade in human organs and cadavers, and that these human rights abuses may be ongoing concern.<ref>[http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/slaughter-mass-killings-organ-harvesting Review of: Ethan Gutmann, “''The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem''”, (Prometheus Books, 2014). ]</ref>

In addition, atheists/agnostics/[[evolutionAtheism]]ary have a poor track record in terms is an integral part of bioethicsMarxist–Leninist/[[ethicsMao Zedong|Maoist]] as can been seen in communist ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]). In 1955, [[China|Chinese]] communist leader Zhou Enlai declared, "We Communists are atheists".<ref>Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2015, the articles listed belowCommunist Party of China reaffirmed that members of their party must be atheists.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/china-communist-party-atheism-zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html China's Communist Party Bans Believers, Doubles Down On Atheism]</ref>

The atheistic communist regime of China has a long-standing track record of persecuting religious believers. In 1999, the publication [[Christian Century]] reported that "[[China]] has persecuted religious believers by means of harassment, prolonged detention, and incarceration in prison or 'reform-through-labor' camps and police closure of places of worship." In 2003, owners of [[Bible]]s in China were sent to prison camps and 125 Chinese churches were closed.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35818 "China sends Bible owners to labor camp"] (November 26, 2003). ''WorldNetDaily''.</ref> China continues to practice religious oppression today.<ref>[http://theworldnow.wordpress.com/tag/around-the-world/asia/china/ "China: Christians tortured while under arrest"] (September 27, 2006). ''The World Now''.</ref> However, despite Chinese communists efforts to suppress [[religion]], [[Christianity]] is experiencing rapid growth in China (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]).  == Atheists/agnostics/evolutionists and bioethics/ethics ==[[Image:Lysenko.jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|[[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko]] was the father of [[Lysenkoism]]. ]]Atheists/[[agnosticism|agnostics]]/[[evolution]]ists have a poor track record in terms of bioethics/[[ethics]] as can been seen in the articles listed below: *[[Abortion and atheism|Atheism and abortion]]

*[[Moral failures of Atheism and the suppression of science]] *[[Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]] *[[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] *[[Lysenkoism]] *[[List of atheist and agnostic pseudosciences]] *[[Atheism and cannibalism]] *[[Atheist populationand immorality]] *[[Atheism and morality]] == See also == *[[Atheistic communism and torture]]*[[Communist China and baby eating]] == External links == *[http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=33145 China's Gruesome Organ Harvest]by Ethan Gutmann == References ==

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