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Line 16: + − Atheism has generally been an integral part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]). 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=https://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>
→Atheistic communism and cults
''See also:'' [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]
Atheism has generally been an integral part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]). 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=https://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>
[[File:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people. Stalin had a cult of personality around himself.<ref>Graeme Gill, "The Soviet Leader Cult: Reflections on the Structure of Leadership in the Soviet Union", ''British Journal of Political Science'' 10 (1980): 167.</ref><ref>[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dic_wingwords/3446/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86 Father of Nations] at the Encyclopedic dictionary of catchy words and phrases.</ref>]]
[[File:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people. Stalin had a cult of personality around himself.<ref>Graeme Gill, "The Soviet Leader Cult: Reflections on the Structure of Leadership in the Soviet Union", ''British Journal of Political Science'' 10 (1980): 167.</ref><ref>[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dic_wingwords/3446/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86 Father of Nations] at the Encyclopedic dictionary of catchy words and phrases.</ref>]]
[[Communist party|Communist Party]] members were constantly working in the interests of the [[Soviet Union]], and at the dictates of the Soviet Union, while lying to and manipulating their friends and co-workers about their motives. They misrepresented their political positions as independent radical opinions when in reality those positions were dictated from elsewhere.
[[Communist party|Communist Party]] members were constantly working in the interests of the [[Soviet Union]], and at the dictates of the Soviet Union, while lying to and manipulating their friends and co-workers about their motives. They misrepresented their political positions as independent radical opinions when in reality those positions were dictated from elsewhere.