I've always said that the hard-line communist states weren't atheistic. They replaced the worship of a deity with the worship of the state or a cult of personality based around a person. That, to me, is not atheism.
Look at North Korea, as Hitchens pointed out, they basically have a trinity.
As to the Nazis, who can truly say that they were ALL Christians. Certainly many were, though their Christianity had much paganism among the tenets (just as Christianity does today). Certainly the main doctrine was religiously based.
ANd many of the leaders adhered to the doctrines of the core beliefs. But then, with the fanaticism of the inner circle, not to do so would likely mean death.
Look at North Korea, as Hitchens pointed out, they basically have a trinity.
As to the Nazis, who can truly say that they were ALL Christians. Certainly many were, though their Christianity had much paganism among the tenets (just as Christianity does today). Certainly the main doctrine was religiously based.
ANd many of the leaders adhered to the doctrines of the core beliefs. But then, with the fanaticism of the inner circle, not to do so would likely mean death.
Dying to live, living to die.
