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family – is the foremost. In countries where communism has control,
history provides more than sufficient evidence of how wretched a life
disbelief brings to societies. In order to have a clearer insight about this
brutal system, only a brief look at the history and the current situation in
Russia, a country that remained under communist rule for decades, will
be helpful.

The Traces of Communism – a System Based on Disbelief –
in History
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the founders of dialectic materialism
and mentors of communism, were both devoted atheists. Maintaining
that all forms of improvement in the world are attainable through conflict,
they believed they could achieve their goals only through a communist
revolution. They both felt a deep-rooted hostility towards religion, and
saw the elimination of religion as a necessary condition for their views to
prevail. Marx and Engels believed the communist movement could only
start once faith in Allah and the obstacle of religion were eliminated.
Marx was never able to put his views into practice. After his death, Lenin
carried out the revolution.
Vladimir Lenin, who initially seized power after a relatively bloodless
coup de etat, and consolidated it after a bloody civil war between his
communist militants and the remains of the aristocratic
armies, provided hints about the
policy that would be pursued
following his rule. In his time,
those resisting him and the
communist system were

Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels