Marxism and Christianity.... they can be viewed the same. If you want to try to warp your vision and see the ties with me, then please continue reading.
Marxism points to 3 stages of History-1. Slavery 2. Feudalism 3. Capitalism(freedom, free market, private property). I believe these three phases can be paralleled to our spiritual lives. We were born into this world as slaves to our sinful nature. Somewhere along our lives we encountered the redeeming love of Christ and became heirs and vassals under our king. Some could speculate and say that this is simply obligation, and they are, unfortunately, often right. How many of us have gone through the motions of a "christian walk" and felt obligation to live our lives for the lord? My point exactly, even at times I have felt this way. However, the story does not end there. As we become more and more like Christ, our lives are transformed and we see changes in our behaviors, attitudes, and actions. This is when we experience a freedom previously unknown an intangible to us. We also start to use the private property of our hearts with more wisdom. We do this by allowing Christ to step through the doorway of our hearts and giving Him the keys. Are you making the connections? Maybe it's a stretch... I don't think so :)
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I don't think it's quite a stretch either. :) Society reflects our souls - if we are depraved and inconsistent, then so shall our society be. In fact, the church should be a reflection of what the redeemed society should like. If the church was doing its job, perhaps the government wouldn't have to intervene quite so much ...
ReplyDeleteI didn't really think about Marxism being similar to Christianity, but once you mentioned it, everything fell into place and I understood exactly what you meant after the first sentence. I don't think it's a stretch at all.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you completely on the slavery in our sin. It can even be tied to the oppression Marx viewed religion as being an escape from. "For where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17
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