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Dr Duane Gish, from the Institute for Creation Research in California, made a historic visit to Russia in May to present the scientific evidence for creation. He was also filmed by Soviet National Television.

Among Dr Gish's engagements was a conference on creation and evolution in modern science, held at the Institute of Atheism and Religion of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR. His lecture was followed by an address by leading Soviet scientist Dr Dmitry Kusnetsov about his research in Moscow related to creation science.

In the program to be broadcast over Soviet television nationwide, Dr Gish presented a summary of the scientific evidence for creation. Commenting on Russia's policy of glasnost ('openness'), Dr Gish said, 'There appears to be more academic freedom in the USSR than in the USA.'

Two creationist films, The World that Perished and The Origin of the Universe, produced by Films for Christ, have been translated into Russian and have been shown on TV in the Soviet Republics of Latvia and Estonia.

Dale Mason, of FFC, says negotiations are also underway with the Soyuz Video/Film corporation of Moscow to place a copy of eight creationist videos in each of the 3,000 government-owned video rental shops across the USSR. He says the Soviet Union is a nation of men and women starving for spiritual food.

Evolution and Communism

Another interesting facet of history is the connection between evolution and communism. With communism the struggle of "race" is replaced by the struggle of "class" as history is viewed as an evolutionary struggle.

Both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were evolutionists before they encountered Darwin's "The Origin of Species" - (Dec 12, 1859) Engels wrote to Marx: "Darwin who I am now reading, is splendid" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Zirkle). Like Darwin, "Marx thought he had discovered the law of development. He saw history in stages, as the Darwinists saw geological strata and successive forms of life... In keeping with the feelings of the age, both Marx and Darwin made struggle the means of development" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Borzin). "There was truth in Engel's eulogy on Marx: 'Just as Darwin had discovered the law of evolution in organic nature so Marx discovered the law of evolution in human history'" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Himmelfarb).

"It is commonplace that Marx felt his own work to be the exact parallel of Darwin's. He even wished to dedicate a portion of Das Kapital to the author of The Origin of Species" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Barzum). Indeed, Marx wished to dedicate parts of his famous book to Darwin but "Darwin 'declined the honor' because, he wrote to Marx, he did not know the work, he did not believe that direct attacks on religion advanced the cause of free thought, and finally because he did not want to upset 'some members of my family'" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Jorafsky).

Other Soviet Communist leaders are evolutionists as well. Lenin, Trostsky, and Stalin were all atheistic evolutionists. A soviet think tank founded in 1963 developed a one-semester course in "Scientific Atheism" which was introduced in 1964. Also, a case can be made that Darwinism was influential in propagating communism in China.

Interestingly, according to Morris, Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard University, the co-founder of the punctuated equilibrium theory of evolution is a Marxist in philosophy, along with other distinguished Harvard evolutionary scientists and university professors across the country. One has to ask - could a person espouse the Marxist view and tolerate creationism?


	Channel Soviet \| home Creation of the Soviet \| Leaders of the Soviet \| Army of the Soviet \| The Webmaster + The Chat \| Soviet Clan For HAlf life \| Anti-Nazi Creation of the Soviet Soviet Interest in Creation Dr Duane Gish, from the Institute for Creation Research in California, made a historic visit to Russia in May to present the scientific evidence for creation. He was also filmed by Soviet National Television. Among Dr Gish's engagements was a conference on creation and evolution in modern science, held at the Institute of Atheism and Religion of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR. His lecture was followed by an address by leading Soviet scientist Dr Dmitry Kusnetsov about his research in Moscow related to creation science. In the program to be broadcast over Soviet television nationwide, Dr Gish presented a summary of the scientific evidence for creation. Commenting on Russia's policy of glasnost ('openness'), Dr Gish said, 'There appears to be more academic freedom in the USSR than in the USA.' Two creationist films, The World that Perished and The Origin of the Universe, produced by Films for Christ, have been translated into Russian and have been shown on TV in the Soviet Republics of Latvia and Estonia. Dale Mason, of FFC, says negotiations are also underway with the Soyuz Video/Film corporation of Moscow to place a copy of eight creationist videos in each of the 3,000 government-owned video rental shops across the USSR. He says the Soviet Union is a nation of men and women starving for spiritual food. Evolution and Communism Another interesting facet of history is the connection between evolution and communism. With communism the struggle of "race" is replaced by the struggle of "class" as history is viewed as an evolutionary struggle. Both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were evolutionists before they encountered Darwin's "The Origin of Species" - (Dec 12, 1859) Engels wrote to Marx: "Darwin who I am now reading, is splendid" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Zirkle). Like Darwin, "Marx thought he had discovered the law of development. He saw history in stages, as the Darwinists saw geological strata and successive forms of life... In keeping with the feelings of the age, both Marx and Darwin made struggle the means of development" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Borzin). "There was truth in Engel's eulogy on Marx: 'Just as Darwin had discovered the law of evolution in organic nature so Marx discovered the law of evolution in human history'" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Himmelfarb). "It is commonplace that Marx felt his own work to be the exact parallel of Darwin's. He even wished to dedicate a portion of Das Kapital to the author of The Origin of Species" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Barzum). Indeed, Marx wished to dedicate parts of his famous book to Darwin but "Darwin 'declined the honor' because, he wrote to Marx, he did not know the work, he did not believe that direct attacks on religion advanced the cause of free thought, and finally because he did not want to upset 'some members of my family'" (Morris 1989, 83 quoting Jorafsky). Other Soviet Communist leaders are evolutionists as well. Lenin, Trostsky, and Stalin were all atheistic evolutionists. A soviet think tank founded in 1963 developed a one-semester course in "Scientific Atheism" which was introduced in 1964. Also, a case can be made that Darwinism was influential in propagating communism in China. Interestingly, according to Morris, Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard University, the co-founder of the punctuated equilibrium theory of evolution is a Marxist in philosophy, along with other distinguished Harvard evolutionary scientists and university professors across the country. One has to ask - could a person espouse the Marxist view and tolerate creationism?