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'''Dialectical materialism''' is an idea put forth by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]], the authors of ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''. It states that all [[economic]] and [[political]] change comes from the conflict between two diametrically opposed economic and social classes (the "[[thesis]]" and "[[antithesis]]"). The resolution to this conflict leads to a new consensus, distinct from the original ideas (the "[[synthesis]]")  It is derived from the theories of [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]].

'''Dialectical materialism''' is an idea put forth by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]], the authors of ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''. It states that all [[economic]] and [[political]] change comes from the conflict between two diametrically opposed economic and social classes (the "[[thesis]]" and "[[antithesis]]"). The resolution to this conflict leads to a new consensus, distinct from the original ideas (the "[[synthesis]]")  It is derived from the theories of [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]].

Like the founder of a new religion,<ref> "a [[Communist]] crackpot theology which teaches that everything changes, and that what is right or wrong, good or bad, changes as well." [http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/globalism/Congress.htm Communist Psychological Warfare]</ref>

Like the founder of a new religion,<ref>"a [[Communist]] crackpot theology which teaches that everything changes, and that what is right or wrong, good or bad, changes as well." [http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/globalism/Congress.htm Communist Psychological Warfare]</ref>

Marx believed he had unlocked the secrets of the universe in the form of "scientific laws."  Among these laws were the following:

Marx believed he had unlocked the secrets of the universe in the form of "scientific laws."  Among these laws were the following:

1) [[Atheism]]: the denial of the existence of [[God]]. Marx referred to [[religion]] as "the opium of the masses."  According to [[atheist]] [[humanism]], the universe came into being by accident. Marx's system requires this presupposition because it means that standards of value and [[morality]] are changeable rather than fixed, relative rather than absolute. As a consequence, men--specifically the ruling classes--are free to determine their own rules.

1) [[Atheism]]: the denial of the existence of [[God]]. Marx referred to [[religion]] as "the opium of the masses."  According to [[atheist]] [[humanism]], the universe came into being by accident. Marx's system requires this presupposition because it means that standards of value and [[morality]] are changeable rather than fixed, relative rather than absolute. As a consequence, men—specifically the ruling classes—are free to determine their own rules.

2) [[Materialism]]: Marx believed that "there is nothing in the world apart from [[matter]] in motion." Thus men's thoughts and [[emotion]]s, seen as by-products of matter in motion, may properly be scientifically controlled by those who seek to further human "progress".  

2) [[Materialism]]: Marx believed that "there is nothing in the world apart from [[matter]] in motion." Thus men's thoughts and [[emotion]]s, seen as by-products of matter in motion, may properly be scientifically controlled by those who seek to further human "progress".