My boyfriend says most Russians are athiests. Is this true?

Question

If you were raised without religion, but adopted one later in life, please explain.
If you were raised with religion, but gave it up later in life, please explain.

Answer 1

Yes, it's true. As well in China. During the decades of commie socialist dictatorship religion was highly repressed in favor of the state "religion": socialism. There's no real difference between believing that God loves you and will give you a brilliant future after you die and believing that you're working hard for nothing but your grand children's happiness. Both are beliefs based on false premises, and moralities of death. It's why hippies are just as bad as fundamentalists. There is a better way and it's called: reason and science.

Answer 2

Under Communist rule, Religion in countries that belonged to the Soviet Union was discouraged. People who practiced where persecuted and severely punished. Marxist philosophy said something to the effect that "religion is an opiate to the people." Practicing religion in that era was considered like smoking pot in the present day United States. Now after the collapse of the solviet union, people are now openly practicing religion once again. A residual effect of communist rule is the fact that there are now many athiests in Russia.

Answer 3

I am Gerogian but i can speak Russian an i know many russians, most of them are atheists but the ones who arent are christian orthodox. I was raised to be jewish since my mum is jewish but i gave it up once i could think independantly which was around 11ish. I just dont see how there can be a god or anything. I am born because of my parents, not god and everything i do is all dependant on me, nobody else. There can be circumstances but nothing is done for a 'reason'.

Answer 4

My Russian friend who lived under communism for most of her life, said that people appeared to cooperate with the anti-God communist structure, but in their own homes did what they wanted.

She told a story about how their teachers would inspect their hands for dye residue (to show if they had colored eggs or not). But the teacher would keep her hands in her pockets, because of the dye on her own hands.

She has many examples of how they humored the authorities but still worshipped God. She was Russian orthodox.

Answer 5

I'm not Russian, but i was raised a Christian, but I changed to Atheist. I just seemed to realize how self-serving and self-centered modern religion.

Answer 6

My girlfreind is Russian and she says Some Russians are religious and some aint, my girlfreind knows eerything about Russia as she studies history, she is 19,m im 25, but she is very pretty, and slim, perfect for a girl,

Answer 7

Communism took over Russia for generations. Deep down there were many who lived their faith in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Answer 8

not all Russians. even when Communism took over Russia before, many people especially the peasants still prayed to God in their hearts to stop communism in Russia.

Answer 9

yes, ur boyfriend is right there r most Russians athiests.

Answer 10

No Even some Communists believed in got. they didn't believe in organized religion.
Tammi Dee