Agnosticism / Atheism: Commies: Hiding Under Our Beds and In Our Closets Since 1917

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Commies: Hiding Under Our Beds and In Our Closets Since 1917 Oct 26th 2011, 15:00 Photo © istockphoto/Eva Serrabassa Poster © Austin Cline The hostility experienced by atheists in America can be traced in part to two related issues: Americans' perception of their nation as being a fundamentally religious project entrusted with a special mission from God and the fight against communism in the Cold War. These two factors have led to the treatment of atheists as a godless enemy, a fifth column either for Satan or for totalitarian communism (or both). This perception of atheists remains true even today when there is no "commie menace" pointing nuclear weapons at America. A good enemy is hard to give up. Read Article: Commies: Hiding Under Our Beds and In Our Closets Since 1917

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