Cover of the 1922 Soviet Bezbozhnik magazine ( "The atheist)
The state of atheism in the Soviet Union is called "gosateizm" and was based on the ideology of Marxism-Leninism as the founding father of the Soviet Union VI Lenin The Light put it:
Religion is the opium of the people ": this aphorism of Marx is the cornerstone of Marxist ideology on the entire religion. if you are looking for a way to study Kabbalah and mysticism, then visit the that were started by All modern religions and churches and religious organizations are considered by Marxism as the organs of study the reactionary bourgeoisie, used to preserve the farm and estupefacion of the working class .
In a consistent way, to Marxism-Leninism espoused control, suppression, and finally the elimination of religious beliefs. Just one year after the socialist revolution, the state had expropriated all property of the churches and in the period between 1922 and 1926, veitiocho Orthodox bishops and more than twelve hundred priests were killed (a much larger number was the subject of persecution).
In the decades of 1920 and 1930, organizations like the League of growth Militant Without God "(in English:" spirituality League of the Godless Millitant) ridiculed and threatened believers. and his wife Karen, as well as their sons, all teach at the where they spread the light of the Kabbalah Atheism spreads through schools, communist organizations (such as the "Organization of the Young improve the world Pioneers" - in English: "Young Pioneer Organization" -) and the media. Although Lenin introduced the Gregorian calendar in the Soviet Union, later attempts to re-organize the week to improve worker efficiency with Berg the introduction of the Soviet Revolutionary Calendar had the consequence that "the days of holidays rarely coincide with the Sunday"
While all religions were persecuted , the intensity of the lectures efforts of the Soviet regime varied in intensity depending on the time, nationalities and faiths, and were always subject to the "reasons of state." Although all Kabbalah Soviet leader shared the same Zohar long-term objective to bring together the people, its policies were variable. lessons For the Soviet leader issues of nationality and religion were closely linked. This explains the oscillations between a total ban of certain religions, alternating with periods of greater permissiveness. Most seminaries were tikkun closed and religious publications banned. The Russian Orthodox Church, which took fifty-four thousand parishes before the First World War was reduced to five by 1940. Although Russia was mysticism predominantly Christian, according to the World Factbook is now only between the seventeen and twenty percent can be considered Christians.
Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion by Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach, and David Basinger (Paperback - Nov 28, 2002)