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Originally Posted by Haak
Okay don't read anything into this. I'm not trying to make a point. I'm genuinly asking because i don't really know and want to make sure and i might as well ask here because it seems like the most relevant thread to ask in. So here's my question: Weren't Mao and Stalin motivated by atheistic ideologies?
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Communism was an economic philosophy, and the presence/absence of a God was irrelevent to it. However, Communism itself was irrational because its principles do not work, and the leaders of the parties refused to acknowledge it.
Atheism is a simple denial of the existence of god, and says nothing about social or economic beliefs.
Dictators such as Mao and Stalin attempted to quash religion because they saw it as divisive and threatening to the regime, which stated that all people were "equal" (read: the same, no differences allowed). I am not entirely familiar with the subject, but according to Wikipedia, various religions were alternately persecuted or exploited by the Communists.