# How Is Communism a Religion

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**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:** [December 31, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-communism-a-religion/565901/33 "2010-12-31T06:48:44Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Not a meaningful rebuttal.

> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> your comparison really wasn’t valid. Atheism contains no religious characteristics, mostly because it contains no beliefs.

Where did my post mention beliefs or dogma or the supernatural or agenda?

I stated what I consider the hallmarks of a religion. If you disagree, fine. But my comparison was perfectly valiid. Atheists and Communists both claim not to be religions and bristle when referred to as such.

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