SOCIALISM:

The Founders of Socialism Embraced Godless Evolution

Victor M. Eskew

 

Many individuals are very quick to accept systems of thought and living without looking into the backgrounds of those who founded the systems. They embrace the systems for many reasons.  First, they accept the system because of the benefits they believe the system will provide to them personally.  Second, they accept the system because of the the promises made by the system, 3. The reputation of those who promote the system, 4. Being weary of the present system that is in place, and  5. A willingness to follow the crowd.

At this present time in our nation, there is a big push to move from a system of capitalism to a system of socialism. Before we jump headlong into socialism, we would be wise to study the foundation upon which it is based. Socialism is founded upon the godless theory of evolution. Evolution began in the discipline of science.  Charles Darwin is credited as the originator of this theory of origins.  Evolution rejects the idea of God as the Creator of the Universe.  It rejects the idea of God as the Creator of man.  Religion is looked upon as a concept devised by the fears and weaknesses of man because he did not have an accurate understanding of the world.  Evolution, having a “scientific view” of man, proclaims that man is his own savior.  Evolution believes that man will eventually evolve and be able to handle all the problems he faces.  In essence, he can free himself. 

Some of the leaders of socialism from the past are Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), and Ernest Untermann (1864-1956).  All of these men accepted evolution and rejected the God of the Bible, Christ, the Bible, and the church.  Nietzsche was a 19^th century philosopher.  He wrote a book entitled, Human, All Too Human:  A Book for Free Spirits, and dedicated it to the memory of Voltaire.  In his book, Nietzsche writes:  "When on a Sunday morning we hear the old bell ringing, we ask ourselves: Is it possible? All this for a Jew crucified two thousand years ago who said he was God's Son. The proof of such an assertion is lacking. [...] A god who begets children by a mortal woman, a sage who demands that no more work be done, that no more justice be administered, but that the signs of the approaching end of the world be heeded; a system of justice that accepts an innocent as a vicarious sacrifice instead of the guilty; a person who bids his disciples to drink blood; prayers for miracles; sins against a god expiated upon a god. [...] Is one to believe that such a thing can be believed?" (pp. 149-150 as quoted by W.F. Lemmons in The Evils of Socialism).  Ernest Untermann wrote the following: "According to materialist monism, the only 'true religion' is the 'religion of Natural Truth. And this truth is not to be sought in the unknowable and impossible nothing called supernatural...But this 'true religion' of Natural Truth never came to conscious life until if found it monistic expression in the minds of thinkers of proletarian socialism" (Lemmons, p. 9).

Why do socialists embrace evolution?  It is because they believe their system of socialism is the evolved (higher) being in social evolution. They suppose "that religion and our present system of civil governments are only the outgrowths of heathenism, and that we have reached a point in evolutionary developments when all our present systems of religion, governments, marriage relations, educational institutions, and society generally, must give way to Socialism, which proposes to correct all the present evils of society, and that, too, without offering us one statutory law, through which we are to reach this end: Socialism is to become the religion - the politics - the everything, with many promises, but with no remedy through which they can be carried out" (Lemmons, pp. 11-12).

Listen to the leaders of the Socialist party today.  Listen carefully about what they say about religion and God.  Most of the time there is a deafening silence about these matters.  If they do speak of them, they aggressively advocate "the separation of church and state."  They do this so they can silence religion and gain power for themselves in the political realm.  Once they are the dominate power, they will attack the religious freedoms of our nation.  Socialism has no love for religion.  We will close with another quote from Fredrich Nietzsche: "In reality, there exists between religion and true science neither relationship nor friendship, not even enmity; they dwell in different spheres" (Lemmons, p. 12). They see religion dwelling in the sphere of fantasy and fiction. Socialism, they believe, is the acceptance of true science. When it is fully embraced, people no long need a made up God.