In order for the state to assume the powers of life and death and definition of morality,
atheism MUST first be enforced. Otherwise, people have an unappealable source of the definition of right and wrong, and it isn’t the state.
The denial and removal of God from society is a pre-requisite for total statism.
“The denial and removal of God from society is a pre-requisite for total statism.”
You conveniently forget all the religious kingdoms of history (which were all totalitarian) as well as the Holy Roman Empire.
Hank