Maybe because our public schools teach that evolution is their GOD; and there is no other. (A fool has said in his heart, there is no God...
Now that you mention that, the author links to an article on evolution that he wrote. I’m glad I read it because it really is phenomenal.
“The Soviets’ ‘official’ religious stance was one of ‘religious freedom or tolerance’, though the state established atheism as the only scientific truth. Criticism of atheism or the state’s anti-religious policies was forbidden and could lead to forced retirement, arrest and/or imprisonment.”