Jan 8 2006 Atheistic Communism

I see a direct correlation between the rapid fall of communism
and the level of intensity with which that gov't sought to eliminate religion from the public sector, but not just religion in general, specifically the Judeo-Christian God. This Nation could also slip down that same path if we are not careful.
as G.K. Chesterton said
"When a man ceases to believe in God he does not believe in nothing, he believe almost anything."

I firmly believe that the same principle applies to a government.

When a nation ceases to have a foundation in an absolute, human impulse is to fill that gap with anything. As is clearly shown in an Atheist regime like communist Russia where God was replaced by an all powerfull dictatorial centralized power.

The Neo-Coms in the U.S. have that same defect. They seek to set up a deistic central authority with a cosmic vision. Like any "religion" (which is exactly what the Lefts vision is) that is not grounded in realism, logic and absolutes, but which is still adhered to fanatically despite evidence to the contrary, all manner of wrong headedness and ridiculous notions can occur on such a slippery slope.

Atheism/Marxism/secular socialism minimizes man to nothing but a collection of parts suitable to function inside the cog of Socialism. In addition to being an atheist Marx had strong beliefs in Organicism, and in fact considered himself a materialistic organicist. Organicism basically says that the whole is more important than the parts, and the organic units and parts depend completely on the whole. This was a basis for his communistic viewpoints. Atheism itself strips man of any kind of importance or worth outside his own sphere of influence. Marxism was heavily influenced by Darwinian thought at the time, which was eroding the cosmic significance of Man in the larger sense. Which was a direct cause of the Kremlin placing little value on human life outside of its immediate usefulness.

(side note)
The Idea that all varying religions/beliefs in a God are generally the same is a little hard to swallow. Truth by its nature is non-contradictory it either is or it isn't it cannot be both.
So far as the transcendental truth claims of religion are concerned the question of objective truth remains.
Thus divine reality cannot be both personal and impersonal. Also it cannot be validly interpreted both in a theist and monistic terms. To look at it from the human side, our final bliss cannot consist both in the attainment of nirvana and in eternal fellowship with a personal God.
One must have a belief or faith I totally agree with that. However if I have ten dollars in my pocket and have complete and total faith that it will turn into one thousand dollars doesn't make it happen.
Faith/belief must be based in fact.

As Brian Maiden said
"It is not enough to worship God; we must worship the God who really is. Otherwise we are not really worshipping God at all."


Back To communism
In addition to the above religious overtones I think something just as fundamental was at the root of the fall of communism. That would be the "sin" of illogic.
consider this for a moment
In the Kremlin it was considered a embarrassment to be called anything but a Atheist and could be dangerous. In fact in an attempt to undermine Stalin's control Lenin and a few other began the rumors that secretly Stalin was a praying theist in order to make him appear weak.
Vladimir Lenin actually said: "Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism"
So atheism was central to the communists and as I will show in a moment atheism is illogical in nature.
For a moment though I will explain why Illogic can cause ruination
Logic is a system by which the world is ordered and arranged hence the reason Scientific pursuits are profitable. If any ideology or worldview conflicts with the logical workings of the universe it will fail. Think of it as blocks stacked atop on another to form a structure of some kind. If the foundation is not set in an orderly fashion (I.E. logically) The entire structure will collapse even if some of the mid points between top and bottom are structured logically, without a logical foundation it matters little.
Now to why atheism was that weak foundation.
Atheism is rationally impossible and without evidence
The basic creed of atheism
1.Matter is eternal
2.Matter without life created life(the uncaused effect)
3.Matter without mind created mind.
4.matter without intelligence created intelligence.
5.Matter without moral created morals.
6.matter without conscience created conscience
7.Matter without purpose created purpose and order.

Atheists posit a negative proposition which by that nature is impossible to prove.
It would require infinite knowledge that there is no being with infinite knowledge.

As one cynic declared "God is dead, Marx is dead, and I'm not feeling to well my self.

All belief or lack there of has its consequences.
all of our actions in this life stem directly or indirectly from what our worldview is. It is what motivates us and effects our decision making process.


To conclude: a quote from Nobel prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn to students at Harvard University:
"If I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: "Men have forgotten God;that is why all this has happened."