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1 २. मार्क्सवाद और धर्म १०३ going on and which will train and educate the masses better than anything else. A Marxist should take into consideration all the concrete circum- stances, should always be able to see the dividing line between anarchism and opportunism (the dividing line is relative, flexible, changeable, but it exists), should take care not to fall into the abstract, verbal, empty frevolutionism of the anarchist, or into the vulgar opportunism of the petty bour- geois or liberal intellectual, who shirks from the fight against religion, who evades this task, who reconciles himself with the belief in God, who is guided not by the interests of class struggle, but by the petty pitiful fear of offending, repelling of scaring off others by the wise precept, “Live and let live” etc All other questions that rise in connection with the attitude of Social-Democrats towards religion should be decided from the point of view outlined above. For example, it is frequently asked whether a clergyman may join the Social Democratic Party and usually this question is answered in the affirmative, without any reserva- tion, and reference is made to the practice of Social Democratic Parties in Europe. This practice is a