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No benefit.Trotsky and some of the old Bolsheviks were critical in the revolution. They might have been influential in fighting some of Stalin's irrational moves. It produced a huge Soviet army that was so incompetent that only massive numbers of unmotivated troops could defeat the...

Marxism was a great idea considering the terrible conditions of workers in the time Marx lived. He did not advocate killing anyone as far as I know. His was a political philosophy. Leninism/Stalinist Communism was a religion. It had a complex dogma that is enforced by consequences of...

I agree with most of that. Scientific method is the best way to evaluate real observed phenomena. The phenomena are the facts or realities. Theories are the best explanations based on evidence, to explain the observed facts. We know that animal and plant life on Earth evolved. That is...

We can observe evolution. We must observe it over its time span, which is far longer than the lifespan of a talking bipedal ape called Human. We use paleontology, chemistry, geology, genetics and accurate age determination of fossils. The Fossil record clearly shows the changes in stages and...

The issue is too generalized. Religion in my opinion is a delusional system, which encourages grandiosity, bigotry, irrational thinking, and belief that God approves of their ideas. The danger is that religious belief systems are associated with higher risks of mental illness. Delusional...

It seems to me that the argument is silly. I can't believe how people argue over etymology of the name Jesus. The issue is not his name. Who cares if some call him Yeshua, Joshua, Isa, or the latin Jesus? The issue is that many people believe in a man born in Roman Palestine at the end of...

Knowing a little bit about the Horn of Africa and its Muslim population. I do not like Islamic intolerance, but it is their country and they do not want Christian proselytizing; they have that right. I would not think of sailing down the Somali coast with a boat load of Bibles, or books on "The...