Week 4 - Wednesday

Marxism waxes of virtue and higher truth but is it? It seems that the fatal downfall of Marxism may be its rejection of the meta-physical and theological. This rejection marginalizes the human spirit and aspects of humanity that are just as true and real as the intellect. Marx felt that so much about religion focused on the afterlife that people would not want to work for change here and now. But I wonder what kind of theology/church Marx was exposed to? True faith and Christianity must be reflected in justice and a social gospel here and now. Perhaps Marx misunderstood Christianity. Maybe if Marx had a better experience with Christianity, Marxism and its spinoff of communism would never have taken root.