5. A belief that the moral values we adhere to, support, and strive toward are grounded on a reality more enduring and satisfying than any manmade system, which is opposed by the communist claim that all morality is “class morality”; 6. A belief, which has matured to a firm conviction, that in the final analysis love is the greatest force on earth and is far more enduring than hatred; this forbids our accepting the communist division of mankind that by arbitrary standards singles out those fit only for liquidation. It is only as we thus take stock of what we mean by saying that our culture has religious roots that we become ready to make an accurate appraisal of communist ideology and tactics. The most basic of all communist comments about religion is the statement of Karl Marx that religion is “the opium of the people.” This Marxian doctrine has been restated by William Z. Foster and applied to communist action in these words, “... God will be banished from the laboratories as well as from the schools.” Inherited from fanatic minds abroad, this mentality poses today a crucial problem for every patriotic man and woman in America. If allowed to develop, it will destroy our way of life. Communists have always made it clear that communism is the mortal enemy of Christianity, Judaism, Mohammedanism, and any other religion that believes in a Supreme Being. Don’t think that “the communists have changed their minds about religion,” said Nikita Khrushchev. “We remain the Atheists that we have always been; we are doing as much as we can to liberate those people who are still under the spell of this religious opiate.” As long as communism remains, the assault will continue. To the communists Marxism-Leninism is the “perfect science.” It accounts for everything; it has a plan for everything: it can be the source of everything man needs. Therefore, said Lenin, “We shall always preach a scientific philosophy; we must fight against the inconsistencies of the ‘Christians’....” In making Marxism-Leninism the “perfect science,” the communists characterize religion as a superstitious relic. “Religion, in its thousands of varieties,” said William Z. Foster, “was first evolved by primitive man everywhere as the most logical explanation he could devise of the complex, mysterious and often terrifying natural phenomena with which he was surrounded, as well as to work out a plausible conception of his own and the world’s existence.”