# How Is Communism a Religion

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 31, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-communism-a-religion/565901 "2010-12-31T01:49:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-communism-a-religion/565901/100 "2011-01-04T23:54:01Z")

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> [@Lightnin](#):
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> You said that atheists “bristle” at the suggestion that atheism is a religion. I explained why this is.
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> I’m sorry you didn’t find my explanation easy to refute.

I apologize for not realizing you were attempting to explain something.

The only explanation I can gather you are making is that Atheists are irrational and believe that the only people who think Atheism is a religion are irrational theists who engage only in outrageously fallacious argument. I disagree with that opinion.

If you wish to continue this discussion, we should do it in the other thread about Atheism and non-belief since you don’t seem to be addressing Communism and religion.

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