Science And Religion by Marcel Cachin - PSMLS Audio

The Peoples’ School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a lesson on the philosophy and politics of religion from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. We hope you find it as informative as we did. Enjoy! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: Science and Religion by Marcel Cachin (1946) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/marce...​ http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/ac...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response 0:00​ Introduction 0:28​ Idealism vs. materialism 1:34​ Materialism is a science 2:04​ Role of religion 3:07​ Communism bases itself on mankind 5:04​ Ethics and morals 6:01​ Societies and science 7:09​ Scientific timeline of human development 9:34​ Catholics within European communist parties (Q&A) 12:04​ Contradictions of being a party being open to all (Q&A) 12:55​ Concept of god 13:40​ Prometheus & the Garden of Eden 15:38​ Persecutions from churches 17:45​ Enlightenment period 19:14​ Humanity divided into two groups 21:26​ Specific philosophies? (Q&A) 22:32​ Different religions and their influences? (Q&A) 26:39​ Analysis of Putin 28:41​ Societal control 29:43​ Communist movements & religious ideology? (Q&A) 31:22​ Materialism & atheism 32:33​ Pledge of allegiance 34:37​ Position of materialism in our time 36:33​ Idealism vs. materialism cont. 40:47​ Closing remarks