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Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism?
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RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism?
January 28, 2015 at 4:51 pm (This post was last modified: January 28, 2015 at 4:53 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(January 28, 2015 at 4:19 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: When Stalin needed morale boosters during WWII he reopened the churches, and the pews fill up quickly. When the Soviet Union collapsed people started openly worshipping in Russia. The habit is hard to kill.

I've always been confused by the status of Christianity in Russia and its rapid reemergence after the fall of the Soviet Union. Somebody (I believe FatAndFaithless) linked some articles about Putin's support of Russian Orthodoxy and oppression of all other religions. That explains some of it I suppose.

It's just so depressing to see people go back to religion after being raised in an environment where atheism was the norm. All that hard work for nothing. (Of course I'm not condoning the religious oppression under the Soviet rule.)
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Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by IanHulett - January 28, 2015 at 4:06 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 4:14 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 4:19 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 4:21 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Gawdzilla - January 28, 2015 at 4:19 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - February 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by watchamadoodle - January 28, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by dyresand - January 28, 2015 at 4:29 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 4:40 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by robvalue - January 28, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by robvalue - January 28, 2015 at 4:34 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Dystopia - January 28, 2015 at 4:40 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Dystopia - January 28, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Dystopia - January 28, 2015 at 5:08 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm
RE: Soviet Union wars in the name of Atheism? - by Brian37 - January 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm

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