The Irish standard., 1913-05-10
Socialists Would Infiltrate Evil Phil
osophy Into Innocent
Minds.
The Most Cunning as Well as the
Most Dangerous Part of
Their Propaganda
Is Their Striving to Gain Possession
of the Minds of the
Children.
Socialism doesn't believe in &C

Socialism doesn't believe in God.
That should be quite plain. For in
stance, Socialism is based on what
Marx and Engels called "The Mater
jalistic Conception of History" His
tory is the known facts Of the past.
A conception is an idea. A concep
ton of history is an idea about the
facts of the past. Materialistic means
material. or of matter. A Waterfalls
tic conception Of history means an
upon another idea that all that we
know is matter, says Bird S. Coler in
the Live Issue.
The Socialists have another term
that means the same thing. They call
it Economic determinism." Economic
means the struggle Of human beings
for necessaries, conveniences and lux
uries of2lifc. Deterninism, as here
used, means the effect upon human
beings of something. Economic de-
terlninism'' means the effect on human
beings Of their struggle for the neces-
saries, convenicnces and luXuries of
life. It's effect on their bodies and
sGaaaie- sanfsils. Its effect on, sheira coll-
duct. They say, for instance-it is
tEngels, the man who worked with
Marx when the two of them together
wrote "The Manifest" who says it
that God is a reflex Of economic con-
ditions.'' A "reflex of economic con-
ditions" means a result Of the struggle
for food and comfort and pleasure. 1t
is argued out this way. The struggle
for food and comfort and pleasure was
they talk of "the class war"-one of
which compelled the other to do the
hard labor while it enjoyed the fruits
OF that labor. In order that the own
ing class might keep the non-owners
satisfied, a promise was given of a
happy future beyond the grave; and,
to compensate for the cruelty and in
justice here. a good and just God was
invented. Thus, God was result of
the struggle, or "ref1ex of economic
conditions" They account for mar
riage in the same way; Bebel says it
was Invented so that property might
be kept in families.
So.s when a Socialist tells you that
Socialism is a political movement that
does not question your religious be-
saying: 1.-The stones of which this
house is built have nothing to do with
the house; it would stand just as we'll
without them," or "The root from
which this apple tree springs has moth
ing to do with the tree: it would bear
apples without root"
Doesn't Believe in God.
Socialism doesn't believe in a Cod
it is also opposed to marriage. MIR,
Bebel, who was a great Socialist
leader, says SO. He wrote a book
called woman and Socialism, and the
other day in Brooklyn a principal OF
a public school advised his friends to
read that book. 1t has been trans
lated into English. 1t is pretty foul
stuff morally. The school principal
who commends it ought to have less
delicate job than the care of children
There have been many examples OF
this Socialist dislike of marriage. They
differ from non Socialist violations OF
the moral code in this, that in So
cialism they are held to be justifialole
.-paraded as an evidence of high in
tellectual condition and modern, lib.
eral spirit. There is an impression ir
Socialism that nastiness can be braze6
out if it is part of political or philo.
sophical movement.
Wherever Socialism gets an uppel
hand in schools, there. appear persons
who have mad desire to addle with
their own unwholesome sex philosoph,
the clean minds of developing chill.
dren. They would thrust upon the
immature problem that even the full
grown intelligence does not alway.
stand up against. The awful passion
and power, the raging fire Of life, they