Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Fri, 2010-11-19 12:13.
While Communism demands Atheism, Stalin himself was apparently a bit of a closet Christian. Now don't quote me on this, but publicly, Stalin fit into the Communist idea of being irreligious, but privately thoght Christianity (or at least some form of monotheism) was the way to go - teaching his children Christian dogma and 'Christian ideals' (because Christians invented being nice, you see). So while perhaps one genocide (out of how many? hundreds?) can be attributed to an Atheist leader, truthfully, he believed in a higher power along the lines of an Abrahamic god. So I guess that's 145387468 - nil to religious genocide. What a surprise.
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While Communism demands Atheism, Stalin himself was apparently a bit of a closet Christian. Now don't quote me on this, but publicly, Stalin fit into the Communist idea of being irreligious, but privately thoght Christianity (or at least some form of monotheism) was the way to go - teaching his children Christian dogma and 'Christian ideals' (because Christians invented being nice, you see). So while perhaps one genocide (out of how many? hundreds?) can be attributed to an Atheist leader, truthfully, he believed in a higher power along the lines of an Abrahamic god. So I guess that's 145387468 - nil to religious genocide. What a surprise.