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he Enlightenment in the All those who sincerely believe in
18th century and the 19th- God must wage a multi-faceted in-
century materialism that tellectual struggle against such mo-
Tfollowed turned European vements that turn people away
society away from the revealed from belief in God and seek to re-
faiths, and the spiritual vacuum place the moral virtues taught by
that resulted brought in the 20th all the revealed faiths with mate-
century many false Eastern faiths to rialist and superstitious beliefs. One
the Western way of thinking, parti- of the things that needs to be done
cularly Hinduism and Buddhism. to that end is to reveal the huge
These false faiths played a signifi- gulf between a world filled with the
cant role in eliminating the deep- peace, justice, equality, mutual
rooted influence of religious moral aid, compassion, affection and
values in society, in causing the love taught by the revealed faiths
adoption of the materialist world and a life style based on spiritual
view and in deceiving people on a and physical perversion in supersti-
spiritual quest with “a false religion tious faiths. It must not be forgotten
that opposes belief in God.” that the aim of a great many peo-
Many people today seek peace ple in Western society who sympa-
and happiness in these false reli- thize with these heretical faiths is in
gions. Eastern religions espouse fact to draw attention to them-
many heretical and distorted tea- selves with their unusual and out-
chings, and all these religions’ landish behavior. On the other
practices conflict with both reason hand, they mistakenly think they will
and logic. Above all else, these re- find happiness in these false reli-
ligions contain teachings that legi- gions. But by turning away from the
timize racism and true paths of the true faiths com-
violence. municated by God through His
messengers they inflict terrible da-
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