This is not an argument of overt religiosity, but rather an explanation of WHY it makes sense to at least recognize a supreme being.

While I get that you think it is a distraction, it is an argument that is either going to be fought or lost.  What method did Stalin use to promote worship of the state?

I'll give you a clue.

"Stalin followed the position adopted by Lenin that religion was an opiate that needed to be removed in order to construct the ideal communist society."

You don't think we need God against that?

Hardly a distraction.  A reality, and it needs to be acknowledged as such.