The famous sociologist of religion, Peter Berger argues that modern liberal society creates a kind of homelessness, a rootless existence without access to the firm pillars that defined the historic, traditional Western societies. Man is left utterly alone, without the rational, religious answers that explain the deeper meaning of life. He has no hope for eternity, no comprehension of …
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How Atheist Communism produced Religious Revival in Russia and caused its return to Christianity
As Americans now turn to Marxism in the hope of a better and more just world, the Communist Soviet experience is worth revisiting. Submerged in atheist state control, the Soviet media propaganda penetrated society, idealizing the Communist teaching that Marxism would bring happiness and peace to all. Central to the Communist ideology was the idea that traditional religion must …
Read More »How Russia left Communism and embraced Russian Conservatism
We revisit professor Glenn Diesen’s book Russian Conservatism, which examines how Russia after a century of experimenting with communism and liberalism, has returned to its long conservative history, which dominated before 1917. The Cold War continues to dominate the West’s analysis and understanding of Russia. From 1917 to 1991, Russia was interpreted through the lens of communism, and since …
Read More »Resist the Radical calls for revolution and destruction of society, says Edmund Burke
The English philosopher, Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was one of Great Britain’s most important politicians and philosophers. He is described by many as the founder of modern conservatism and spent much of his life explaining why it is important to maintain Europe’s political and moral philosophical traditions, precisely those which made the West such a great civilization. Burke spoke passionately …
Read More »Will Marxist hatred for the West Finally Cancel America?
Did Karl Marx really aim to help the working class or simply to replace one ruling class with another – the Marxist tyrants? Will Marxist hatred for the West Finally Cancel America? As drug abuse, social upheaval and lack of national unity engulf the United States, many ask where things went so horribly wrong. This is the end result …
Read More »Neo-Marxist Jacques Derrida and his Racist Deconstruction Theory
The Left has implemented the Neo-Marxist Jacques Derrida Racist Deconstruction Theory that does not permit equal treatment regardless of race and ethnic origin. Rather, it arguably automatically prescribes the role of the victim to anyone with darker skin color, women or some other sub-group in society. The tyranny of the minorities is in effect the result. This form for …
Read More »Alexandr Solzhenitsyn: Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened
The West has, in recent years, bestowed upon itself an immense weight of suffering from financial crisis, lack of ethics, health and a variety of political crisis. Traditional values, respect for the elderly, tradition, the family and faith has been scrapped from the public narrative. Front and center is the atheist materialist world view that deems the physical dimension …
Read More »Marxism produces Slavery: The Atheist Soviet Experience
As Americans turn to Marxism in the hope of a better and more just world, the Soviet experience is worth revisiting. Submerged in atheist state control, the Soviet media propaganda penetrated society, idealizing the Communist teaching that Marxism would bring happiness and peace to all. Central to the Communist ideology was the idea that traditional religion must be exterminated. …
Read More »The erosion of liberty and tyrannical rise of groupthink: Raymond Ibrahim lauds Hanne Herland’s Amazon Bestseller Nr. 1 “The Billionaire World”
What is ultimately behind so many of the (manufactured) ills currently plaguing the West, from leftist lunacy and gender insanity, to unnecessary lockdowns and wars? In a word, the ultra-rich – the billionaire elite. In a series of brisk chapters, Herland — a historian of religions and founder of The Herland Report — traces all the world’s major problems back …
Read More »How Cancelling God is the Worst Western Mistake Ever as Empathy is Founded upon Religious Thought
When Karl Marx called for cancelling God and the abolition of eternal truths such as justice, religion, and morality, he legalized contempt for the traditional moral standards of “do not lie, do not kill, do not envy others what they have”. The evil in man’s nature was no longer restrained, and the knowledge of how to tame it removed …
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