The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520255291 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Readers seeking debates on scientific atheism and social science critiques of religion will find ample food for thought here.”
That campaign occurred after the 1917 Russian Revolution, when Soviet plans for a new Marxist utopia included the total eradication of all religion. Froese's account reveals how atheism, when taken to its extreme, can become as dogmatic and oppressive as any religious faith and illuminates the struggle for individual expression in the face of social repression.. Paul Froese explores the nature of religious faith in a provocative examination of the most massive atheism campaign in human history. Even though the Soviet Union's attempt to secularize its society was quite successful at crushing the institutional and ritual manifestations of religion, its leaders were surprised at the persistence of religious belief
AN IMPORTANT BOOK! HOW ATHEISTS TRIED TO DESTROY RELIGION In this valuable and wonderfully detailed book, Froese shows how atheists attempted to destroy religion in the Soviet Union.Why did religious groups become "the victims of extreme violence immediately following the 1917 Russian Revolution" (p AN IMPORTANT BOOK! HOW ATHEISTS TRIED TO DESTROY RELIGION Jeri In this valuable and wonderfully detailed book, Froese shows how atheists attempted to destroy religion in the Soviet Union.Why did religious groups become "the victims of extreme violence immediately following the 1917 Russian Revolution" (p 48)? Why did Stalin unleash a bloody orgy of death against believers late "in the mid thirties" (p 48)? Essentially, these were "vicious attacks on nonthreatening individuals" (p 48).We are not even talking about plain murder, just simply shoo. 8)? Why did Stalin unleash a bloody orgy of death against believers late "in the mid thirties" (p AN IMPORTANT BOOK! HOW ATHEISTS TRIED TO DESTROY RELIGION Jeri In this valuable and wonderfully detailed book, Froese shows how atheists attempted to destroy religion in the Soviet Union.Why did religious groups become "the victims of extreme violence immediately following the 1917 Russian Revolution" (p 48)? Why did Stalin unleash a bloody orgy of death against believers late "in the mid thirties" (p 48)? Essentially, these were "vicious attacks on nonthreatening individuals" (p 48).We are not even talking about plain murder, just simply shoo. 8)? Essentially, these were "vicious attacks on nonthreatening individuals" (p AN IMPORTANT BOOK! HOW ATHEISTS TRIED TO DESTROY RELIGION Jeri In this valuable and wonderfully detailed book, Froese shows how atheists attempted to destroy religion in the Soviet Union.Why did religious groups become "the victims of extreme violence immediately following the 1917 Russian Revolution" (p 48)? Why did Stalin unleash a bloody orgy of death against believers late "in the mid thirties" (p 48)? Essentially, these were "vicious attacks on nonthreatening individuals" (p 48).We are not even talking about plain murder, just simply shoo. 8).We are not even talking about plain murder, just simply shoo. "Soviet assualt on religion in all its brutal ugliness" according to Phil Zuckerman. The Totalitarian Communism of the former USSR was a nightmare -- a brutal destruction of democracy, liberty, freedom of speech, and -- as this book details -- freedom of religion. The Soviet Communists were ruthless in their ideological zealotry -- as atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell was so good at pointing out. This book analyzes the specific Soviet assault on religion. What a fiasco, what a sham, what a joke. What a bloody, brutal process. Hundreds of thousands were arrested,. Peter S. Bradley said Communism - Field Testing Science Fiction Plot Ideas Since 1917. Sometimes it seems that Communism was put on Earth solely for the purpose of providing experimental verification for the nightmares that could only have been dreamed up by creative science fiction writers. Imagine a society where people are born, live and die in a prison camp and you find North Korea trying that out. Imagine a regime that eliminates property and cash and you find the early Soviet Union under Lenin. Imagine there's "no heaven, above us only sky" and you have the 70