[lbo-talk] Marxism and Religion

[James Heartfield]

Marx "thinks that ...market society is a higher, better, superior social
form than prior forms, but it doesn't follow that he thinks that that the 
ideology for a higher form is therefore better. "

Yes, it does.

"He's not very flattering about the ideology of liberty, property, equality, 
and Bentham either. "

Not very flattering, when comparing them to socialism, but very flattering 
indeed when comparing them to enslavement, bondage, patriarchy etc.

As for Islam, how could you read Mohammed's flight from Mecca on a winged 
horse think this any more theologically robust than the book of Mormon, or 
My Little Mermaid, for that matter, is anyone's guess. This stuff is 
laughable, in a way that the Gospel according to Matthew is not.