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Because of the oppression the church symbolized during the the latest millenium, often being aligned with the oppressive governments <ref>http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1973883,00.html</ref>, being the source of the oppression <ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Inquisition.html</ref>
Because of the oppression the church symbolized during the the latest millenium, often being aligned with the oppressive governments <ref>http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1973883,00.html</ref>, being the source of the oppression <ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Inquisition.html</ref>
<Ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM</ref> and according to the Marxists themsleves <ref>http://www.marxist.com/religion-soviet-union170406-6.htm</ref> being the cause of oppression and poverty by owning 7,5 million acres of land and property worth well over 150.000.000 the church was deemed to be a cause of problems rather than a reliver of those.
<Ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM</ref> and according to the Marxists themsleves <ref>http://www.marxist.com/religion-soviet-union170406-6.htm</ref> being the cause of oppression and poverty by owning 7,5 million acres of land and property worth well over 150.000.000 rubles the church was deemed to be a cause of problems rather than a reliver of those.
Later the clergy openly stated its support for the White Revolution (contra revolution) causing further deaths both of the reds and the whites. Lenin thus proclaimed that a communist regime cannot remain neutral on the question of religion but must show itself to be merciless towards it. There was no place for the church in Lenin's classless society. This led to the declaration of the separation of church and state in the Soviet constitution, giving its citizens the "right" not to be fed with religious and anti-religious propaganda.
Later the clergy openly stated its support for the White Revolution (contra revolution) causing further deaths both of the reds and the whites. Lenin thus proclaimed that a communist regime cannot remain neutral on the question of religion but must show itself to be merciless towards it. There was no place for the church in Lenin's classless society. This led to the declaration of the separation of church and state in the Soviet constitution, giving its citizens the "right" not to be fed with religious and anti-religious propaganda.