• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    Explanation: The US during the Cold War leaned into Christianity as a means of differentiating ourselves from the ‘godless commies’. The Soviet Union supported state atheism as a means of stamping out superstition. After the Cold War ended, the trends reversed, with atheism surging in the US, and Christianity seeing a revival in Russia.