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Uh, with the Communist revolutionaries, wouldn't that be because of the "opiate of the masses" thing, with religion being seen as a tool of elites to keep workers in line with the promise of spiritual reward for obedience?

I've always found that argument to be arrogantly dismissive. It reduces atheists to petulant children, angry at God for whatever reason. This ignores that some people simply are not convinced in the existence of the divine or, indeed, anything spiritual. There are atheists who seem constantly...