Comment on Anon questions the KKK

• OmegaLemmy@discuss.online ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Heard of Christian Marxism?

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Marx generally opposed religion so it sounds like an oxymoron

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sort of, but you need to remember that his teachings were an individual philosophy and he didn’t want anything to do with government (render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, render unto God that which is God’s).

  Jesus taught that you should give all you have to the poor and follow God. Failing that, you should be generous in helping the poor. So I think he would advocate for charities, not taxation, since charitable giving is a choice and he wants people to choose to do the right thing. He would also criticize the very wealthy because they obviously have more than enough to share with the poor.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good point, especially with 2 Corinthians 9:7

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks.

      IMO, just paying your taxes doesn’t make you a good person, giving what’s left does. Ebenezer Scrooge’s big transformation wasn’t adopting progressive policies or anything, but giving abundantly.

      Christianity doesn’t say anything about politics, it’s an individual thing.

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• The25002@lemmings.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Without speaking for either the philosophy of capitalisms or the philosophy of Christianity, what a funny mish mash of theology we ended up with.

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