I don’t assume, I look at history and I quote historical documents and witnesses. I also see that atheism would cause people to start idolizing not only Political leaders, or noted historical figures.
These are empty words that are not confirmed by any observation.
When you are saying that both atheism and Marxism represent a skeptical position that revolves around facts, when you are saying that both of them represent views of scientific materialism, it is fine with me. When you are saying that Marxists relay on the conspiracy theory that religion is used (by whom?) to manipulate the masses/proletariat it is fine with me. You are pretty much correct, details are not so important.
If you disagree it would be nice to counter the historical documents and witnesses I’ve quoted, because historical documents, as well as the well known chain of events demonstrate that Marxism puts atheism in the base of his action, defines it as a necessary part of its Program, as its pivot, as a necessary mean and condition of achieving its goals, - it does not matter if the final goal of the program is collective redistribution and if the imposed philosophy is utilitarianism and scientific materialism. It also shows that you cannot think in an order, - scientific materialism in your own representation causes Marx to be an atheist, thus you, in 2 sentences destroy yourself, saying that atheism is not a driving force, but scientific materialism, which in its turn causes atheism is a driving force, - thus you disprove your first sentence by the next one.
Christian socialists, Christian social democrats share views of communists no more or no less than Marx shares views of Jesus Christ and the Bible. "He who does not work, neither shall he eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). He who does not work, neither shall he eat. (2. The Moral Code of the Builder of Communism) ‘’In the U.S.S.R. work is a duty and a matter of honor for every able-bodied citizen, in accordance with the principle: "He who does not work, neither shall he eat." ( The Soviet constitution 1936) ‘'You shall not commit adultery" – Moses. “Mutual respect in the family, concern for the upbringing of children.’(8. The Moral Code of the Builder of Communism ).
You’ve just made me laugh trying to assure me that I am some kind of a Marxist. I have never denied that Marxism includes very nice views and it includes a description of a very nice, paradise like, living for all of us, but when you are telling me that I share views with Communism you go over the line of sanity.
‘’CSM is a movement of Christians with a radical commitment to social justice, to protecting the environment and to fostering peace and reconciliation.’’
Who we are I myself have no objection against ‘’social justice, protecting the environment and fostering peace and reconciliation.’’ If social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality all Christians are for social justice. Marx’s views and ‘’theory’’ as well as Marxism Leninism achieve the equality by means of violating all humans rights and human eqality, it is no different from atheism, especially as it is demonstarted here, when Christians and Christianity are denied equality and they are considered to be a burden, an obstacle on the way of achieving social justice. We all don’t mind all good for all. You are very eager to achieve such good by exterminating Jewish Zionists in death camps, Christians and Christianity in Gulags, by establishing atheism and Caliphate. I am not so eager, as a Christian, to achive the goals of the bright future, it is enough for me to stand against your good, at least, by demonstrating how good it is.
Christianity in all its history has always stood for human dignity and certain unalienable rights given equally to everyone by the highest superhuman power so, that no human made ‘theory’ can argue or abolish or make exclusions in the rights. We can see, as the matter of fact, all Christian missions and organizations in the most difficult parts of the world in the midst of social injustice, are bringing relief and they are working for the certain unalienable rights, - they have nothing to do to the left or right political leaning, but they have everything to do to the core beliefs of Christianity. I can say as well that the most ‘’right winged’’ Christian have the heaviest participation in such missions, and my own hard earned money once in a while go there rather than to a political party. Atheists spring to actions only when they see a chance to stop such missions and faith based initiatives, when they see an opportunity to arrest participants and put them in Gulags, when they see a chance to support only humans rights of those who murder and behead the missionaries.
That is also pretty much correct, - even social Christians reject atheism. I have stated consistently- this is the key.
Again you are talking about very insignificant number of Christians, when all your leftist Christians being a 0.001% part of mainstream Christianity cannot be a full representative of Christianity. I only hope you are not mentioning some nuts calling them selves Christians. Even then, even for 0.001% atheism can be neither a fundamental nor a side type tenant of their views. A Jew by blood can be an atheist. A Christian, whoever left he is cannot have atheism as a tenant in his views. There is absolutely no need to pile an absurd.
Jews and Christians are not forbidden from participation in secular activities, the more they are not forbidden to join left or right political groups. As soon as they join atheists they loose their belief, they are no Christians anymore. When Jews join atheism it is even worse, they turn into a shame and a scum caring only about their money and how smart and superior they are towards others, including their own believing family.
Again: acceptance of scientific materialism is acceptance of atheism. There is no scientific materialism, -> there is no atheism. -> there is no Communism, - you can put them in any order you want. When a political movement accepts scientific materialism as its base, it accepts atheism as its base and in the result it becomes anti-Christian, it does not matter if it is anti-left Christian or anti-right Christian.
Thank you for a deeper inside of atheism and Communism, but such a scoop was not an intention of my post. I just quoted historical documents and witnesses demonstrating the only practical role atheism was able to play in history and human society, when it happened to be allowed to have things in its way.
P.S. If to be picky in details, they call it “’historical materialism’’, not ‘’scientific materialism’’, but I think you have done no mistake, - scientific is OK.
P.P.S. So far, you still have to prove to me that you are as stupid as all other atheists. What I still have on hands is that you are not stupid at all. When you don’t know things, it is not a sign of stupidity at all. You can be smarter than I me when I did not know things. So, the burden of proof that you’re stupid still lays on you. Go ahead, shoot, prove to me that you are more stupid than me when I was an atheist.
Lay it down, I will try to make some time for you.