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Twelve Reasons Why We Reject the False Doctrines of Marxism by Nolan McFadden Α Marxism is more than a political view. Marxism is: 1) a false philosophy 2) a false belief system 3) a false view of history 4) a totalitarian ideology of spiritual death 5) a Satanic, anti-Christ ideology which opposes Christ’s authority, teachings and eternal kingdom Consequently, it is identified in the Scriptures as one of the “doctrines of devils” (teachings inspired by Satan) emerging from the sin-distorted, false reasoning of fallen humanity. See John 10:10, Colossians 2:8-10 and I Timothy 4:1-2. The false doctrines of Marxism were introduced in the nineteenth century by Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). In WEBSTER’S AMERICAN FAMILY DICTIONARY marxism is defined as “the system of thought developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels , esp. the doctrine that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change and that capitalism will inevitably be superseded by a socialist [new] order and classless society.” (1) The false pillars of marxism include: 1) anti-God 2) naturalistic evolution 3) dialectical materialism 4) amoralism (i.e. indifferent to moral standards, criteria or principle) Tragically, millions of people have been deceived by and indoctrinated in the false teachings of marxism. Even many who claim to be Christians have been deceived by the false teachers and false teachings of marxism. But our LORD JESUS both warned and commanded His true followers, “…Take heed that no man deceive you…And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4.14) In like manner, the apostle Paul warned Christians, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:...” (Colossians 2:8-10) The two previously mentioned, infamous, nineteenth-century false teachers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, developed a new philosophy in their day known as marxism. Within a few decades of its origin, marxism began spreading rapidly like a deadly cancer to the nations. By the early twentieth century, the widespread propagation of marxism was igniting murderous revolutions and destructive civil wars. Following the overthrow of the Russian government and rise to power of the Bolsheviks, twentieth-century marxist dictators (dictatorships of the Proletariat) and mass murderers such as Stalin, Mao TseTung, Pol Pot, Kim II Sung, Fidel Castro and others rose to power promising world revolution and overthrow of all capitalist/free market governments. During the past one hundred years, many millions of people have died as a result of marxist “revolutions”. The spread and acceptance of the tenets of marxism have had a major impact in most nations including in the United States. Working with marxists and communists within the Unites States, marxists in the former Soviet Union developed a strategy which included marxist infiltration of all institutions in the United States (education, government, labor, media, entertainment, national security, churches, non-profit organizations, etc.) to bring about a “marxist revolution” from within. It was former F. B. I. agent and scholar W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006) who wrote the book entitled The NAKED COMMUNIST which was published in 1958. In his book Mr. Skousen warned, “It is a terrible and awesome thing when a man sets out to create all other men in his own image. Such became the goal and all consuming ambition of Karl