And Bolshevik utopians on Stalin's front..communism was a religion too. Interesting take!
Eh, I’m not sure I’d go so far as to call Communism a religion. At most, it’s a philosophical viewpoint. When I think of a religion, I think of three key aspects that are required (all three of them, or at least two):
1. A deity
2. Supernatural elements/creatures/abilities
3. An afterlife
Communism has none of those (or at most, it probably has supernatural elements if their researching PSI is of any indication). The Nazis could at least claim to religion under a pagan sense. Same goes for the Japanese with their Shinto Buddhism.