Was the USSR hostile in the name of Atheism?

Question

The USSR was hostile to all forms of religion, which was "opium to the masses" according to Karl Marx.


Was it because of atheism or was it because of something else?

Karl Marx also, despite internationalist propaganda, favor Slavic people over the Muslim Turkic or Caucasian nations. Crimean Tatars and Chechens were relocated during WWII, because of Stalin's fear that they will collaborate with the Germans. A quarter of entire Chechen population died in the gulag.

Answer 1

Atheism!
Say what you like about genocides throughout all of history, but the greatest ever was Stalins purge which seen about 25 million people sent to their deaths in the gulags in the name of "no religion"

Answer 2

Nope. Good and bad is a point of view. In our history books you will read about all of the bad stuff our enemies have done, but not any of the bad things our people do. Take vietnam for example their were many attrocities committed over there by US troops that went unreported.

Stalin was a very paranoid man. He didn't want anyone/anything to get in the way of the absolute power he weilded over the USSR. The church was one of the organizations that got in the way. So were Stalin and the USSR hostile in the name of atheism. The answer is NO. They were hostile for political reasons and the selfish reasons of their leaders(sound familiar)

Answer 3

Religion in the early years of Christianity and Islamic tradition has brought atrocities and chaos to many nations because of their selfish leadership. The laborers remained under the control of the governmental heirarchy with the influence of the religious organization. The poor have given hopeful benefits taken from the teaching of Christ of "blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth, " Karl Marx saw that and established a labor emancipation program only be used by other country with ulterior motives much worse than the religiously influenced capitalist world.

Answer 4

Stalin and Lenin massacred how many millions:
Russians,Jews,etc
imprisoned,and killed christians,those that wanted freedom,etc
Atheism was the "religion" of the USSR
Some want to GLADLY give up their freedoms:
Governments are always more willing to remove freedom then give it.

yes

Answer 5

Well, churches threaten state control and atheism was taught in schools. Russian Orthodox priests were slaughtered like cattle. That was sort of hostile.

Answer 6

the ussr was hostile in the name of atheism, it was because of their intolerance to anything other than atheism, not atheism itself

there is no doctrine in atheism, much less any doctrine which states that atheists should be hostile to anyone who thinks differently from themselves

Answer 7

it was because religion fosters social classes. priests are just above the common person which cannot exist in pure communist.