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Originally Posted by derrida
I'm not sure why you're bringing up King's Christianity (if you know about he personal life, he probably wasn't fit to be a minister)
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King's speeches, non-violent philosophy, and his politics were shaped by his Christianity. I'm glad you see fit to judge how holy he was, but this doesn't change the fact that he WAS a self-proclaimed Christian, he DID believe in God, and these things DON'Tmesh with Communism either in rhetoric or in practice.
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I'm sorry but I don't want to believe that a Marx quote you read somewhere is your sole justfication for assuming that Christianity is at odds with communism,
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Uh, so one of the founders of the movement says it, and you don't think it matters? Here's a full version of the quote:
"Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions."
How about modern Communism in practice? Was Christianity a welcome thing in Mao's China? How did the Khmer Rouge treat Christians, Jews, and Muslims?
In north korea-- the dictatorship adored bythe ANSWER crowd, in case you forgot--Christianity is heavily regulated and suppressed by the state.
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especially when Jesus said essentially the same thing (in reference to the Pharisees, in case you forgot).
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No, Christ did not say the same thing. Never did Christ refer to belief in God as an "illusory happiness." The comparison is absurd.
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You're welcome to argue that Marx was talking about faith itself, though.
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You're welcome to show me how Christianity has been embraced by Communist regimes.