Untitled Document I can no longer call myself an atheist.
Atheism is a religious institution.
I learned this while reading about Bolshevik Russia in the tens and twenties. Atheist propaganda, atheist zealots. Atheism was used as a tool, just as religion often is, to oppress people. The ideals seem to be irrelevant, the act of forcing people to conform is the real goal, it doesn't matter what they are conforming to as long as they are giving up something that really means a lot to them, then they are sufficiently cowed, and willing to accept your rule. Although atheism is by definition the anti-religion it is a religion for all purposes evil.