Lenin's socialist party did not enforce that members have to be atheist
Lenin: Why doesn’t the socialist party declare they are atheist and deny religious people membership?
- Because the atheist/religious divide is not central. It only comes about because fo the divide in materialist/idealistic.
- Therefore socialists should not argue against religion from a rational perspective. That would be idealistic.
- Religious issues should not be given prominence it does not deserve.
This makes clear that The CCP is too chauvinistic and anti-theist for Lenin