[circlecity]

The left hates religion because the religious recognize an authority higher than the state. There it is.

[Olog-hai]

My object in life is to dethrone God and to destroy capitalism. — Karl Marx

That has always defined the left.

[Smokin' Joe]

The left hates religion because the religious recognize an authority higher than the state.

Precisely. Those who acknowledge that higher authority will, at some point, not be controlled.