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| − | [[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The brutal proponent of atheism [[Joseph Stalin]]. ]] | + | [[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The brutal proponent of [[atheism]] [[Joseph Stalin]]. ]] |
'''Soviet atheism''' refers to the [[Soviet Union]]'s policy of eliminating [[religion]] in the [[communism|communist]] state. | '''Soviet atheism''' refers to the [[Soviet Union]]'s policy of eliminating [[religion]] in the [[communism|communist]] state. | ||
Revision as of 02:49, July 13, 2011
Soviet atheism refers to the Soviet Union's policy of eliminating religion in the communist state.
Reasoning
The Soviets believed that practiced religion would be detrimental to their communist society and forced atheism upon the USSR to create religious uniformity and to prevent variety that they believed harmed their power.
Effects
By forcing atheism upon its people, the Soviet Union further promoted its brutal policies. It provided a way to implement "social darwinism" on the people of the USSR.
Soviet atheism still stands as a vivid example of how harmful an explicit rejection of religion and God can be to a society.
See also
Recommend reading
- Dimitry Pospielovsky, (December, 1987), A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and Soviet Antireligious Policies, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312381328
- Dimitry Pospielovsky, (November, 1987), Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 2), Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312009054
- Dimitry Pospielovsky, (August, 1988), Soviet Studies on the Church and the Believer's Response to Atheism: A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 3, Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover: ISBN 0312012918, paperback edition: ISBN 0312012926