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== Communism and Atheism ==

== Communism and Atheism ==

[[Image:HammerAndSickle.png|thumb|right|200px|The Hammer and Sickle is an offensive symbol of oppression in much of the world in the same way the [[Swastika]] is. It is the international symbol of communism. The hammer represents industrial work of the proletariat, and the sickle represents the agricultural work of peasants. The symbol itself, with both tools crossed, is meant to promote unity between these classes.]]

[[Image:HammerAndSickle.png|thumb|right|200px|The Hammer and Sickle is an offensive symbol of oppression in much of the world in the same way the [[Swastika]] is. It is the international symbol of communism. The hammer represents supposedly industrial work of the proletariat, and the sickle supposedly represents the agricultural work of peasants. The symbol itself, with both tools crossed, is meant to promote unity between these classes.]]

[[Karl Marx]] coined the saying "Religion is the opium of the people".  Karl Marx also wrote: "Communism begins from the outset (Owen) with [[atheism]]; but atheism is at first far from being communism; indeed, that atheism is still mostly an abstraction."  

[[Karl Marx]] coined the saying "Religion is the opium of the people".  Karl Marx also wrote: "Communism begins from the outset (Owen) with [[atheism]]; but atheism is at first far from being communism; indeed, that atheism is still mostly an abstraction."