(December 27, 2011 at 1:49 pm)Cinjin Wrote:(December 27, 2011 at 1:19 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Because, in essence, they have recreated Christianity in their own image, using it as a way of escaping the problems caused by racism. Perhaps notably, even I'm not the kind of person who likes to quote Marx, but this famous passage of Marx should explain it:
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Odd. How can a religion that offers you no freedom and literally commands you to honor your masters be of comfort to such a person? I understand what Marx is trying to say, but I don't understand how it's actually possible to conceptualize it in one's own mind when you are the one suffering a very real life.
It's easy: take the parts you like and throw the rest out.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
