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[[Image:Josephstalin.jpg‎|right|300px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]] forced atheism on the [[Soviet Union]] using its education system.]]

[[Image:Josephstalin.jpg‎|right|300px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]] forced atheism on the [[Soviet Union]] using its education system.]]

The '''atheist agenda''' refers to an extensive [[ideology]] and programme, common to avowed [[atheists]].

The '''atheist agenda''' refers to an extensive [[ideology]] and programme, common to avowed [[atheists]]. Atheists commonly fall on the [[leftism|left]] aisle of the political spectrum (See; [[Atheism and politics]] and [[Secular left]]).  

{{cquote|Atheism has long ceased to be a rare and oft-ignored philosophical outlook...It has transformed itself into an active political programme with clear objectives which, though they vary from state to state, unequivocally include the elimination of state religion, religious education, and the enshrinement of scientism. - Gordon Stein<ref>Gordon Stein, ''Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion,'' 74.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Atheism has long ceased to be a rare and oft-ignored philosophical outlook...It has transformed itself into an active political programme with clear objectives which, though they vary from state to state, unequivocally include the elimination of state religion, religious education, and the enshrinement of scientism. - Gordon Stein<ref>Gordon Stein, ''Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion,'' 74.</ref>}}