Religion
In reply to the discussion: Militant atheism has become a religion [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)They were two examples of people enforcing communism by force. They were two examples of people shutting down organized churches that competed with their authoritarian state for control/ loyalty of the population by force.
There is a fucking difference between shutting down a competing power structure in order to consolidate the control of a dictatorship and "enforcing atheism". How the hell do you even think someone COULD "enforce atheism"??? Telepathic mind control???
THINK. Give it a try. Atheism is not "don't go to church". Atheism is not "don't practice Christianity". THERE ARE NO ENFORCEABLE COMPONENTS OF ATHEISM. No teachings, no rituals, no doctrines. There is simply one single lack of belief in one single thing and you can't enforce that!