Original sentence: During the Cold War, the United States often characterized its opponents as "Godless Communists," which tended to reinforce the view that atheists were unreliable and unpatriotic
Edited sentence: During the Cold War, the United States often characterized its opponents as "Godless Communists," which tended to reinforce the false view that atheists were unreliable and unpatriotic.In this sense these regimes attempted to supplant the worship of gods with the worship of the state - as is seen in the deified status given to these states by dead leaders like Lenin in the Soviet Union, Mao in China, and Kim in North Korea.The real, and unstated goal, was to control anything that could compete with the state for worship from the citizenry