Communism’s Rejection of God. True Equality and Justice in Scripture. - Highlight: Episode 344

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The guys discuss the rise of communism through Karl Marx’s ideas, highlighting its roots in atheism and its flawed view of human nature. They emphasize that while communism aims for equality, it rejects God’s sovereignty and replaces the gospel with a counterfeit hope. The guys point out that socialism often serves as a stepping stone to communism, but no true communist society has existed because power, when godless, leads to corruption. They also acknowledge that capitalism has its flaws an...

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0:00.0	But Ray, as far as communism goes, it goes beyond economics.
0:05.9	Just slightly.
0:06.9	First of all, I'd like us to discuss this, communism's rejection of God.
0:12.2	That's huge.
0:14.1	You know, in its Marxist-Leninist form, it's basically built on an atheistic, if you can even call it a worldview,
0:22.2	there's debate on that, but basically it's built on atheism. And Karl Marx is credited with
0:28.0	that famous saying that religion is the opium of the people or the masses. Opiate. Opium, opium, opiate.
0:36.4	Yeah, communism seeks to imitate Christianity in that sense, because you look at the book of Acts where they had all things in common.
0:43.3	But it was given willingly, motivated by love.
0:46.3	And what communism does is we're going to share everything.
0:49.3	You're rich, so you're going to die so we can get your goods.
0:52.3	And that's what happens. Atheistic communism has been responsible for more than a hundred
0:57.6	million deaths down through the years.
0:59.6	So it doesn't work because it's tainted by sin, as Oscar was saying.
1:03.9	Yeah.
1:04.6	Yeah.
1:05.0	And Mark, this desire to be liberated from God.
1:11.9	That's okay.
1:12.6	Let's start right there, right?
1:14.2	Because I would make the contention and the argument that communism didn't begin with Karl Marx.
1:19.3	It began in the garden, right?
1:20.9	Where we see Adam and Eve attempting to go away from God,
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