''See also:'' [[Atheists eat babies meme]] and [[Atheism and cannibalism]]
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The [[atheists eat babies meme]] is a dark humor [[meme]] used to illustrate the fact that many people distrust atheists and equate atheism with immorality (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).
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Although the atheists is a dark humor meme, in the atheistic [[Soviet Union]] during a famine there were cases of adults preying on children for purposes of [[cannibalism]] (see: [[Atheism and cannibalism#Soviet Union and cannibalism|Soviet Union and cannibalism]] and [[Soviet Union and morality]]).<ref>[http://archive.is/z01DE ''Cannibalism in the Soviet Union'] by Kerry Kubulius</ref>
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[[North Korea]] practices [[state atheism]] and belief in [[God]] is actively discouraged.<ref> Elizabeth Raum. North Korea. Series: Countries Around the World. Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 1432961330. p. 28: «North Korea is an atheist state. This means that people do not pray in public or attend places of worship. Buddhist temples exist from earlier times. They are now preserved as historic buildings, but they are not used for worship. A few Christian churches exist, but few people attend services. North Koreans do not celebrate religious holidays.»</ref> Open Doors, an organization based in the United States, has put North Korea at the very top of its list of countries where [[Christianity|Christians]] face significant persecution - for 12 years in a row.<ref>[http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-22/repressive-atheist-north-korea-has-surprising-relationship-christian-missionaries Repressive, atheist North Korea has a surprising relationship with Christian missionaries]</ref> In North Korea, there was a case of a man who ate his children during a famine (see: [[Atheism and cannibalism#North Korea and cannibalism|North Korea, famine and father eating his children]]).