[lbo-talk] bertell ollman article

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 26 11:35:46 PST 2008


MICHAEL YATES wrote:
> Bertell Ollman has an essay on mrzine (www.mrzine.org) titled Socialism is Practical
> Christianity. I thought the essay was pretty stupid. If anyone is interested, I'd like
> to know your view of it.
>
> Michael Yates

Isn't this political agitprop rather than a serious essay? That's why it's silly. You can always cherry pick what you like from the bible or the words of its teachers to make the points you wish. That is why its influence has lasted so long. Ultimately christianity relies on a supernatural power external to humankind for guidance while socialism rejects such superstitious nonsense. That means socialism has nothing to do with christianity any more than buddhism or any other teaching that may have some overlapping ideas. Using the same logic since red is a color and artists use colors the Red Army is really an artists guild.

John Thornton



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