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explains in his book why he considers the theory of evolution

important:

He [Darwin] dealt the metaphysical conception of nature the

heaviest blow by his proof that the organic world of today –

plants, animals, and consequently man too – is the product of a

process of evolution going on through millions of years. 10

Obviously, Engels also made the mistake of assuming that the

theory of evolution gave an explanation for how the millions of

different types of living beings on earth came into existence. It was

not only Engels who assumed that Darwin's theory was a verified fact,

but Joseph Stalin, the bloodiest communist leader of history, also

stressed the significance of the theory in his autobiography:

In order to disabuse the minds of our seminary students, of the

myth that the world was created in six days, we had to acquaint

ourselves with the geological origin and age of the earth, and be

able to prove them in argument; we had to familiarize ourselves

with Darwin's teachings. 11

Clearly, the common point between the materialist systems of

thought and Darwin's theory of evolution is, without doubt, irreligion,

and the sole purpose of their advocates is to make people deny the

10 Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, p. 67
11 Cited in Landmarks in the Life of Stalin, p. 12.

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