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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

are merely superficial. Those who have no sense of religious morality have
no fear of Allah or respect for Him, and in those places where there is no
fear of Allah, human beings are concerned only for their own gain. When
people think that their personal interests are at stake, they cannot express
true love, loyalty or affection. They show love and respect only to those
who may be of benefit to them. This is because, according to this miscon-

ception of theirs, they are in this world only once and, therefore, will take
as much from it as they can. Moreover, according to this false belief, there
is no retribution for any dishonesty or evil they commit in the world.
Masonic literature is full of moral sermons which try to obfuscate
this fact. But, actually, this morality without religion is nothing but
sham rhetoric. History is full of examples to show that, without the self-
discipline that religion confers upon the human spirit, and without Di-
vine law, true morality cannot in any way be established.
A striking example of this was the great French Revolution of 1789.

The Masons, who fomented the revolution, came forth with slogans shout-
ing the moral ideals of "liberty, equality and fraternity." Yet, tens of thou-
sands of innocent people were sent to the guillotine, and the country
soaked in blood. Even the leaders of the revolution themselves could not
escape this savagery, but were sent to the guillotine, one after the other.
In the nineteenth century, communism was born from the error of

the possibility of morality without religion, and with even more disas-
trous results. Communism supposedly demanded a just, equal society in
which there was no exploitation and, to this end, proposed the abolition
of religion. However, in the twentieth century, in places such as the Soviet
Union, the Eastern Bloc, China, Indo-China, several countries in Africa
and Central America, it subjected people to dreadful misery. Communist
regimes murdered an incredible number of people; the total number
nears about 120 million.52 Moreover, contrary to what has been claimed,

justice and equality have never been established in any communist
regime; the communist leaders in charge of the state comprised a class of

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