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Desecularization and social conformity (view source)
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According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>
According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>
Communist countries extensively used [[atheist indoctrination]] and persecution of religious people in order to increase social pressure on religious individuals (see: [[Communism and religious persecution]]).
Communist countries have extensively used [[atheist indoctrination]] and persecution of religious people in order to increase social pressure on religious individuals (see: [[Communism and religious persecution]]).
[[Communism]] has had a significant effect on the growth/sustaining of atheism, but now that influence is greatly waning as can be seen by the articles below:
[[Communism]] has had a significant effect on the growth/sustaining of atheism, but now that influence is greatly waning as can be seen by the articles below: