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What I was trying to say is that some regimes, such as Soviet Marxism, engage in extremely brutal activities. They advocated and fostered atheism in order to further their activities. (i.e. do away with religion and it makes it harder for people to say what we are doing is wrong).

The son of a sociologist in me must speak up. You keep saying this and I don’t believe it is correct. Soviet socialism wasn’t against religion because religion represented a moral paragon and kept them from doing what they wanted. They were against religion because it represented an alternate source of power. It created a dual allegiance when unquestioned allegiance to the state was the desired goal.

It was about power and allegiance not morality.

–Zafkiel