Mike, statist theocracy? I'll buy the first concept but this nation is as Godless as the USSR was, we just choose to deny it openly.

Communism and Religion are mutully exclusive. Christians believe their rights come from their Creator, and Communism dictates their rights come from Govenment.

Lenin did more to kill the religious than anyone in history. The 20's-30's he targeted the Russian Orthodox Church and by 1926 had reduced their numbers from 50,000 to 500 killing all of the clergy, and killing or imprisoning most of the faithful. By 1926 there were no Catholic Bishops remaining in Russia. Stalin revived support for the Church, but only to unite the patriotic support for the War, and only after being attacked by the Nazis in 1941.