{"id":1472,"date":"2011-05-20T16:34:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2011-05-20T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:38:24","slug":"do-marxism-and-christianity-have-anything-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/do-marxism-and-christianity-have-anything-in-common.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Marxism And Christianity Have Anything In Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.\u201d \u2013 Karl Marx<\/p>\n

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Karl Marx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Friedrich Engels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/a>Frederick Engels, Karl Marx\u2019s sidekick and benefactor, eulogized that Marx\u2019s greatest insight was, \u201cmen must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing before they can pursue politics, science, art, religion and the like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus asserted the opposite disavowing that faith is predicated on bodily well-being, \u201cTherefore do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 . . . But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness\u201d (Matthew 6:31-33).<\/p>\n

Biblically, body and soul are distinct. The vibrant Christianity seen throughout history even as believers endured deprivation or persecution irrefutably contradicts the Marxian materialist stance. Tertullian pronounced, \u201cThe blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.\u201d The prodigal son didn\u2019t return with his belly full.<\/p>\n

Marxists require secular, materialist explanations for everything, but there is no scriptural basis for these severe restrictions on permissible avenues of thought. From this irreconcilable beginning, biblical doctrine and Marxist theory diverge still further.<\/p>\n

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Jesus Christ Did Not Preach Socialism or Marxism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read the rest of Bill Flax’s item at his blog: Do Marxism And Christianity Have Anything In Common?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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