Page 11 - The Struggle Against the Religion of Irreligion

RELIGIONS OF IRRELIGION:

MATERIALISM AND DARWINISM

Materialism is an ideology that has existed since time

immemorial and holds that the only absolute being is matter.

According to this false belief, matter has existed from the infinite past

and will remain forever. The most significant feature of materialism is

its rejection of the existence of a Creator and other religious beliefs.

There are many movements and ideologies in the world that hold

irreligion as their main dogma, and materialism is the foundation of a

great majority of them. To put it another way, the most effective

influence in irreligion is materialism.

Since the time of the Sumerians and ancient Greeks, materialist

thinking has permeated human history. However, it was mainly in the

19th century that this superstitious belief made its way to a well-

established system of thought. But one obstacle to materialist

understanding as it gathered momentum was the question, "How did

the universe and living beings come into existence?"

It was within the same century that the theory of evolution,

presented by Charles Darwin, provided an answer (which actually had

no scientific validity) that the materialists had sought for so long.

According to this baseless theory, lifeless materials came together

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