What are the arguments for abolishing theism?

>>2496472

Theism is a belief, not a practice, so it doesn't make any sense to talk about "abolishing" it.

Joseph Stalin tried with his Militant Atheist League. Claimed he would erase the concept of God from the Soviet Union.

In his later years he became a staunch Russian Orthodox paritioner.

Now in Russia it is hard to find serious communists. But Orthadox Church bells ring every morning.

Who is laughing now?

It prevents the masses from having complete and absolute loyalty to the state.

>>2496492
The KGB/FSB, which has put the Orthodox Church under its control.

>>2496492
>In his later years he became a staunch Russian Orthodox paritioner.
Nope, they were "rehabilitated" only during the VOV, since Russia needed all the force it could muster, but they were persecuted again once it ended.

>>2496492
The oppressors and exploiters of the Russian people, they are laughing.

File: 83271737237.jpg (284KB, 1161x869px) Image search: [Google]

284KB, 1161x869px

Why would i want that?

Theology is patrician as fuck if people actually take it seriously. It's only bad among plebs, and plebs are going to pleb regardless of the ideas they have

>>2496510
Actually no it wasn't until Khrushchev that the Russian government started fucking with them again.

>>2496492
>Who is laughing now?

Vladimir Putin

>>2496500
>>2496526
>>2496545
>the ruling elite of Russia attend the sane church that Stalin swore to erase from history

Suck it Stalin. Put it in your mouth and suck it

>>2496472
>What are the arguments for abolishing theism?
Zero evidence or proof that any of it is true whatsoever. Because of this, any other claims that are solely based upon theistic beliefs are trash.

The recipe for abolishing theism is simple: access to information, a culture that highly values critical thinking and intellectualism for all, and improve material conditions of the average person so they can afford to do things such as feed their intellect and natural curiosity instead of spending their entire lives trying to survive.

These criterion are being satisfied more and more in Western societies. Access to information has been freed by the internet on a massive scale, and so we have seen in a few short years a huge growth in nonreligious people.

>>2496565
Stalin can laugh too. He never cared. He beat down the church when it was in his path, and called it back when he could make use of it; and the church took it, and the church answered the call.
Now it sits again at the feet of putin. Because all this time, it was just a dog waiting for a master.

>>2496565

The ruling elite of Russia have turned the church (back) into just another tool of state control. Stalin would have done that too if he could have, and he would be laughing if he saw what it's become.

>>2496586
Atheism in the USSR was a meme and it was soon discarded in favor of existing superior theistic structures and organizations.

>>2496574

t. Ben Stiller

>>2496531

Does that anime girl have a penis?

>>2496574
*tips*

>>2496600
>>2497379
No arguments as usual, just memes.

File: religioushats.jpg (196KB, 1300x797px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 1300x797px

>>2497379
The Fedora meme is particularly hypocritical given the fetish for silly hats in many religions.