I think you would need to embed it in its historical context in order to evaluate it, given that it's a piece of agitprop, rather than theoretical engagement. robert wood
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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