"No Christian can be a communist because communism leaves out God. It regards religion psychologically as wishful thinking, regards religion intellectually as the product of fear and ignorance. And it regards religion historically as an instrument serving the ends of exploiters. This is what communism teaches about religion. And so, in a real sense, we disagree with this because we believe that history is moved not by economic forces but by spiritual forces. We believe that there is a God in this universe, a God who loves his children, and a God who works through history for the salvation of man."
"The other historic and great religions of the world such as Judaism, Mohammedanism, Buddhism, and Hinduism may stand as alternatives to Christianity. But for the most formidable competitor that Christianity faces in the world today, we must look to communism."
* Sermon: Can a Christian be a Communist? - Martin Luther King Jr.
http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/can_a_christian_be_a_communist_30_sept_1962/index.html
So he is right on immigrants and wrong on his analogical comparison of communism to christianity.
So hes wrong on this. Dead wrong.
Except real Christianity doesn’t have “relics”.
Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity, in fact: freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice – everything is laid out in the Holy Scripture,
Its not that weird an idea.
I believe it was Chesterton that called communism (of at least an idealized sort) a Christian heresy. I.e., pure altruism without God.
Christianity is God’s truth; communism is man’s “wisdom” and lies. They are actually not similar at all.
Christianity: Thou shalt not covet anything of thy neighbor’s.
Communism: The state covets and will forcibly take all your private property.
Innocently browsing RT headlines only to come across this bomb of a statement.
Bolsheviks simply took a bunch of old Tsarist traditions and cloaked them with a Hammer and Sickle.
Instead of holding up pictures of Religious figures in the parades, they replaced them with pictures of Politburo members.
Christ went to the Cross to restore personal freedom via Salvation and Righteousness.
Someone who is a strong Christian needs to meet with Vlad and explain to him the fundamentals of the Cross.
Buddhism has all sorts of relics too.
Putin is referring to various forms of Catholicism, not Christianity as a whole.
“My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.”Sounds more like Satanism than Christianity. Satan tried to dethrone God.
— Karl Marx
Um...he should make an appointment with a priest to get straightened out on these ideas. And the incorrupt relics of the saints, unlike Lenin’s, are the work of God and not of wax artists.
I can think of several mainline Christian denominations who will now be offering Putin a leadership position.
Sorry Puty poot. No resemblance because communists get rid of religion.
So there will be long lines in heaven?
I’ve always thought the maintenance of human relics rather ghoulish.
Putin Ping!
Guess that resolves the debate over whether Putin is a communist or a christian
No it isn’t, Putin. Communism is materialistic. Jesus is the center of Christianity and His Kingdom is not of this world.
And I'd add... the Pope is probably ecstatic.