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Line 6: − − Trotsky was unpopular within the Bolshevik party due to his intellectual snobbery and small details; he dressed very well, he had only joined the party in 1917, previously he had made insulting remarks to Lenin between 1904 and 1917. − + − + − ==Trotsky's Atheism== − Like most [[Marxism|Marxists]], Trotsky was an avowed [[atheism|atheist]]. During [[World War I]], a Russian pilot was flying through dense clouds above Ararat when he spotted what appeared to be the remains of a very large wooden structure. When he returned to base, he informed [[Czar Nicholas]] of his find, and Czar Nicholas ordered a scientific investigation which immediately resulted in promising archaeological evidence that [[Ark|Noah's Ark]] did indeed lie ruined on the sides of the mountain. Unfortunately, the Czar was soon disposed of by the Bolsheviks, and all of the evidence gathered by the expedition was given to Trotsky who either hid or disposed of it, knowing that the find would undermine the [[Dialectic Materialism]] from which [[Communism]] derived its social theories.<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0272/0272_01.asp</ref>
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Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind.
Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind.
When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and [[Stalin]]. Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide. Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.
When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and [[Stalin]]. Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide. Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.
Trotsky eventually settled in [[Mexico]] in 1937, where he gave up politics and writing in favor of a career as a gardener. He was hunted down and murdered in [[Mexico City]] by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin in 1940.
Trotsky eventually settled in [[Mexico]] in 1937. He was hunted down and murdered in [[Mexico City]] by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin in 1940. He was murdered with an ice pick.
Trotsky's famous command was this: "Those who do not obey, do not eat."
One of Trotsky's famous quotes (which also sums up the Atheism in the Communist Movement was : "Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government."
== See also ==
== See also ==