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  2. State atheism or atheist state is the incorporation of hard atheism or non-theism into political regimes. It is considered the opposite of theocracy and may also refer to large-scale secularization attempts by governments.

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    State atheism emerged in Eastern Europe and Asia, particularly in the Soviet Union under Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, and in Communist China under Mao Zedong.

  4. State atheism is the discouragement or outlawing of religion within a country. State atheism is commonly associated with communist states, such as the Soviet Union and Vietnam, where it is based on Karl Marx's quote religion is the opium of the people. However, non-communist states can also be atheistic, such as Mexico during the Mexican revolution

  5. State atheism Main article: State atheism Although revolutionary France had taken steps in the direction of state atheism , it was left to Communist regimes in the twentieth century to embed atheism as an integral element of national policy.

  6. Aug 2, 2017 · In the psychological sense of the word, atheism is a psychological state, specifically the state of being an atheist, where an atheist is defined as someone who is not a theist and a theist is defined as someone who believes that God exists (or that there are gods).

  7. Jun 4, 2021 · Numerous state constitutions established laws banning both ministers and atheists when they were ratified. The bans on ministers were framed as necessary to protect their “sacred calling.” The...

  8. 1. What is Atheism? Atheism is the view that there is no God. Unless otherwise noted, this article will use the term “God” to describe the divine entity that is a central tenet of the major monotheistic religious traditions–Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

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