Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 55
EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY. Thus Marx's dependence on reason and logic is as total as his rejection of God and Divine revelation. . Absolute idealism versus dialectical materialism are but questions of arrangement. Which precedes which, is the only issue to be determined. . This leads us to another important question which, when properly resolved, will help us better understand. Marx's hidden intentions. How could he ever envision the smooth and flawless working of any system without morality? He was far too intelligent to miss the point, but he was also intelligent enough to be able to perceive the link between morality and God. Man by nature is not a moral animal. On the contrary he is the most corrupt animal under the firmament of heaven. All attempts to make man moral emanate from a belief in God, but Marx knew full well that belief in God was incompatible with his philosophy. Everything that leads or may lead to God was taboo. He had to choose between the two options: either to promote morality within Communism to safeguard its interest and run the risk of leading the Communist world back to God, or to shun the risk and accept instead the possible threat to the system itself. Perhaps he hoped that the impending terror of punishment would adequately offset the absence of moral training among the custodians of Communist rule. . In this, however, he has been proved utterly wrong. . Man is a corrupt animal, corrupt indeed even beyond the reach of the merciless retribution of a totalitarian regime to straighten him. . The Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism leaves no room for God. It was for the same reason that. Lenin launched a fierce campaign. Abbasi. LENIN 55