Similarities between the Communist movement and the religous right
Religous Right=Liberal Left?
That is an interesting site, but I feel their are also similarities between the Communists of the early 20th century and the Religous Right of the present:
- Both groups emphasise the need to devote your attentions to a single entity: Jesus, or The State.
- Both groups have doctrines that tell them to help the poor, but seem to do little about it.
- Both groups expect unwavering support from their adherants.
- Both groups have as an aim the elimination of other philosophies, supposedly through peaceful means. (theocracies do have a tendency to prosecute those not subscribing to their philosophy... sound a little like the Soviet Union to you?)
- Both groups tend to use history to prove their points, however disconnected that history may be.
posted by TheLoneAmigo @ 10:11 am
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4 Comments:
Didn't say devote all your attention, but Communists are also expected to look after each other.
The poor: Allying yourself with a party that wants to get rid of welfare?
History: Your emphasis on "tradition".
All right.... let's name some secular charities: the International Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies, Medicine sans Frontiers, the Mercy Corps, UNICEF and even Comic Relief. The list could go on and on. Charity is not a purely Christian value. It's a important part of most societies.
I'm not attacking Christianity. I'm attacking The Moral Majority and their cronies.
Christianity has some great moral messages. I have plenty of Christian friends. There is nothing wrong with Christianity.
What is wrong is fighting people's rights, and that's what the Moral Majority does. Women's rights, gay rights, whatever, the Moral Majority is anything but.
Is Operation Christmas Child, ECHO, or Hunger Inc. affiliated with the Religous Right, or with Christianity? There is a difference.
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