Wow, I thought this kind of thing was done away with years ago

[--Pete]

Hi,

The argument that Communism is essentially a religion - and a particularly nasty one at that.

Aha. Thank you. I should have figured it out, but this topic has been so twisty that I lost track of the original mention.

Though I usually find myself in agreement with BR, in this I do not. I think that a good argument may be made for the premise that all religions are belief systems. I do not think that the converse is true. While communism, as pointed out by BR, shares many characteristics (I almost said 'symptoms') with religion, it lacks the concept of a superior being in who's name all actions are justified. Doesn't make communism any better, just different.

--Pete