Religious Fundamentalism, like communism, is a form of collectivism and so is harmful to a nation. However, in terms of numbers killed, communism has resulted in far more deaths than any other ideology in history. Repression of opposing religions or of religion in general, while it has resulted in terrible mass murders (the worst being Yahya Khan's killing of Hindus), has not been responsible for the scale of horror caused by the establishment and maintenance of totalitarian states that dictate all aspects of life- religion or the lack thereof being only one of many.

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"Some people complain about the system. The system is not good, so they can't do anything. It's an excuse. Freedom is in your heart." (Jin Xing)