The faces of communism
- This page is part of an ERW course: The ending of evil.
- By John Eagles. This article was written on August 31, 2009.
Although fewer countries today are still officially adhering to communist ideology, it seems that the materialist ideology currently shows globally with a new face.
A main question is: What exactly is communism?
Is it defined by being based on materialist ideology? Or is communism principally a socialist system of sharing all goods among the people?
My understanding is that communism can only be comprehended when we see the spiritual aspect of it. Understood in that way, communism is really the attempt of evil angels to take control over human society.
What is the main goal of these evil angels? Do these angels believe in materialism? It cannot be that way as they themselves are spiritual beings and they know very well of the existence of the spiritual world.
Materialist ideology is merely an instrument to fool the people. In reality communism came about from the desire of evil angels to take God's place. These evil angels pushed God aside and pose as if they were deities. What really is behind communism is the desire of evil angels (call them Satan, call their leader Lucifer) to put themselves as false parents of people.
The essence of communism is not in materialism, t is also not in the practice of widespread murder, although communism always is also materialism and often leads to the refutation of the value of human lives. The essence of communism is in the denial of the Creator as our loving Parent. People influenced by communism are led to believe that God doesn't exist. Their real god becomes the communist state, or a figure head in control of the state. Behind that communist state or popular leader or dictator is a spiritual reality of evil that wishes to push God aside.
Understanding communism in this way shows that this political system is much older than the appearance of the official ideology in history. Also in the past there have been empires that were out for world control, that brought peace to their subjects but only after they had conquered them with arms. These empires of the past were influenced by the same spiritual evil that works to deny God.
All this also means that communism could appear in today's world under new names.
