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- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation abstract "The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate religious belief within its borders and replace it with widespread atheism. While religion was never officially made illegal, the state nevertheless made great efforts to reduce the prevalence of religious belief in society. To this end, at various times in its history it engaged in anti-religious persecutions of varying intensity and methodology. Believers were never officially attacked for being believers, but they were officially attacked for real or perceived political opposition to the state and its policies. These attacks, however, in the broader ideological context were ultimately meant to serve the ultimate goal of eliminating religion and replacing it with atheism, and the perceived political opposition acted as a legal pretext to carry this out. Thus, although the Soviet Union was officially a secular state and guaranteed freedom of religion in its constitution, in practice believers suffered discrimination and were widely attacked for promoting religion.As part of its anti-religious campaigns, the Soviet state enacted a significant body of legislation that regulated and curtailed religious practices. This, along with many secret instructions that were not published, formed the legal basis for the Soviet state's anti-religious stance. Laws were designed in order to hurt and hamper religious activities, and the state often vigilantly watched religious believers for their breaking of these laws to justify arresting them. In some places, volunteer neighbourhood committees called 'public commissions for control over observance on the laws about religious cults' watched their religious neighbours and reported violations of the law to the appropriate authorities. The state sought to control religious bodies through such laws with the intention of making these bodies disappear. Often these laws carried many ambiguities that allowed for the state to abuse them in order to persecute believers.Some of the most important legislation is listed and explained below, although this list is by no means comprehensive.".
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- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation quote "A fairly large number of people wanted to refuse political rights to the priests lest they influence politics unduly. “The time has come to introduce universal suffrage without limitations,” said Stalin, arguing that the Soviet people were now mature enough to know their own minds.".
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation quote "Religion is one of the forms of spiritual oppression, lying everywhere on the masses of the people, who are oppressed by eternal work for others, need and isolation. The helplessness of the exploited classes in their struggle with the exploiters just as inevitably generates faith in a better life beyond the grave as the helplessness of the savage in his struggle with nature produces faith in gods, devils, miracles, etc. To him who works and is poor all his life religion teaches passivity and patience in earthly life, consoling him with the hope of a heavenly reward. To those who live on the labor of others religion teaches benevolence in earthly life, offering them a very cheap justification for all their exploiting existence and selling tickets to heavenly happiness at a reduced price. Religion is opium for the people.".
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation source "Joseph Stalin as quoted by Anna Louise Strong in "Stalin: The Soviets Expected It"".
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation source "Vladimir Lenin in Thoughts of Lenin about Religion".
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- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Anti-Christianity.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Christianity_in_the_Soviet_Union.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Persecution_of_Christians.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Political_repression_in_the_Soviet_Union.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Religion_in_the_Soviet_Union.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation subject Category:Soviet_law.
- Soviet_anti-religious_legislation comment "The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate religious belief within its borders and replace it with widespread atheism. While religion was never officially made illegal, the state nevertheless made great efforts to reduce the prevalence of religious belief in society. To this end, at various times in its history it engaged in anti-religious persecutions of varying intensity and methodology.".
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