Atheists= intelligent?

[Edwardo Piet]

So in my opinion as an atheist you can say that you believe that this or other rational thinking (scientific) theory is right or wrong but you can not say that you have faith without religion because they are one and the same thing.

What belongs to Stalin he thought of himself as a Genius of humanity ,and was in fact hailed as such in the Soviet Union and by commies abroad ,he was in fact a smart guy who outbrained his colleagues but his faith or anti-faith believes are by long thrown to the dustbin of history.

So what would you call someone like Stalin or a much milder example of him if this dogma that he imposed was not faith based nor was it religious?
Would you call it superstition?
What would you call it?