Sordhau wrote:Ayytaly wrote:Question: If Marx were a Christian (or at the very least a theist leaning to Abrahamic dogma), would have Communism been embraced by religious circles worldwide? It seems that the main reason it's been rebuked is due to Marx's own atheistic views influencing Communism. Had that not been the case I assume Communism would've essentially been the ultimate Christian-esque political and economical concept to counter the more materialistic (and atheistic by default) Capitalist mindset.
The problem wasn't that Marx was anti-religion but that his philosophy necessitated anti-theism and tailoring it to fit a theistic worldview requires serious editing of it's perceptions and assumptions. It's far better to take ideals from Marxist philosophy and improve upon them without the adding baggage of anti-theism than it is to try and rewrite an anti-theistic philosophy in a more theistic-tolerant tone.
So the problem is that Marx was Anti-Religious.