A. Unabashed Pacifist:
Server, I’d like a bowl of peace, please.
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
You liberate us so that we can reach our potential.
We often settle for or prefer something much less.
Release us from the bondage we impose on ourselves and on others.
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
“I think I lost a contact.”
[I hate it when that happens… but He never said that.]
D. Blog: Karl Marx in Heaven?
Karl Marx got many things right.
Some religion serves as an opiate to oppressed, poor people, preventing them from overthrowing the elites who benefit from the status quo. Likewise, his critique of capitalism contains truth. Even at its best, the capitalist economic “system” makes indentured servants of the majority of workers. It is designed not to serve all people, but to exploit the majority and benefit the few. The exploited endure with some sort of hope or wishful thinking for recompense from God after death, or from one of the occasional “strike-it-rich” events that are the result of “the luck of the draw” and have nothing to do with brains, hard work, or natural ability.
I think Karl might have a place of honor in heaven…
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment