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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Not really. Communists saw religion as the enemy because the religion (Christianity) was resisting changes imposed by communists on the whole society. Christians were labelled as "reactionary" or "counter-revolutionary", because they resisted the so-called "progress towards a bright future" ie resisted the uprooting of conservative values and replacing them with the marxist-leninist nonsense. In short, religion was the shield people were using to resist communist dogma that violently turned their world upside down.
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This is true. And in an even more basic sense, churches and religious functions were seen as potential gathering places to plot against the government. They were avenues for assembly by groups of people that did not believe in the inherent rightousness of the nation state. Communist dictatorships required the devotion that people who were religious would not give them.