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Line 47: − − == Sergei Golovin on atheology and the former Soviet Union == − − ''See also:'' [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheism and historical revisionism]] and [[Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union]] − [[Image:Khvhkgfiy.jpg|left|thumb|[[Vladimir Lenin]] ]] − 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> − − The article ''After [[Communism]]'s Collapse: Creation in the Crimea'' declares concerning atheology and the former [[Soviet Union]]: − {{Cquote|Sergei Golovin has a Master's degree in geophysics, and lives in the Crimea region, Ukraine, where he heads a [[Creationism|creation ministry]], the Christian Center for Science and Apologetics. − − Sergei spoke of the vast cultural and philosophical differences between people in the former [[Soviet Union|USSR]] and the [[Western World|West]]. 'Three generations of communist "atheology" has trained people not to search for a logical answer,' he said. 'The logical contradictions in communist ideology were carefully explained away as just the "dialectics of history". So even if they see contradictions in parts of [[evolution]] theory, many still just accept it.'<ref>[http://www.creationism.org/crimea/engl/testimony.htm ''After Communism's Collapse: Creation in the Crimea''], Creationism.com</ref>}}
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Social science research indicates that [[antitheism|antitheists]] score the highest among atheists when it comes to personality traits such as [[narcissism]], dogmatism, and anger.<ref name="New Atheists">[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/science-shows-new-atheists-to-be-mean-and-closed-minded/ Science Shows New Atheists to be Mean and Closed-Minded]</ref><ref>[http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10 Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind] by JONATHAN HAIDT, February 3, 2014 8:36 pm</ref> Furthermore, they scored lowest when it comes to agreeableness and positive relations with others.<ref name="New Atheists"/>
Social science research indicates that [[antitheism|antitheists]] score the highest among atheists when it comes to personality traits such as [[narcissism]], dogmatism, and anger.<ref name="New Atheists">[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/science-shows-new-atheists-to-be-mean-and-closed-minded/ Science Shows New Atheists to be Mean and Closed-Minded]</ref><ref>[http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10 Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind] by JONATHAN HAIDT, February 3, 2014 8:36 pm</ref> Furthermore, they scored lowest when it comes to agreeableness and positive relations with others.<ref name="New Atheists"/>
== Books on atheology ==
== Books on atheology ==