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In the mid 19th century [[Social Darwinism]], with its racism and commitment to [[science]], was an important facet of Progressivism; in America however, after the [[Civil War]], many adherents of the [[Social Gospel]] movement called themselves "progressive" and advocated for [[equality]] for [[Blacks]] and social reform. For a time there was an odd admixture of atheists and racists citing a scientific basis for their beliefs, and church people, all claiming the name progressive.
In the mid 19th century [[Social Darwinism]], with its racism and commitment to [[science]], was an important facet of Progressivism; in America however, after the [[Civil War]], many adherents of the [[Social Gospel]] movement called themselves "progressive" and advocated for [[equality]] for [[Blacks]] and social reform. For a time there was an odd admixture of atheists and racists citing a scientific basis for their beliefs, and church people, all claiming the name progressive.
In Europe howeber, after the [[First World War]], Progressive [[atheist]]s won a great victory with the [[Bolshevik]] Revolution in Russia, the suppression of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and overthrow of the existing social order.
In Europe however, after the [[First World War]], Progressive [[atheist]]s won a great victory with the [[Bolshevik]] Revolution in Russia, the suppression of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and overthrow of the existing social order.
In explaining the ruinous upheavals Progressivism brought to his homeland, [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] said, {{quotebox|"while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen [[Russia]]: Men have forgotten [[God]]; that’s why all this has happened."<ref>http://orthochristian.com/47643.html</ref>>}}
In explaining the ruinous upheavals Progressivism brought to his homeland, [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] said, {{quotebox|"while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen [[Russia]]: Men have forgotten [[God]]; that’s why all this has happened."<ref>http://orthochristian.com/47643.html</ref>>}}