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Could the Catholic church turn into a socialist ally? (lemmygrad.ml)
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Im not very well educated in Christianity, but as far as i know Jesus was aligned with communist ideals, he was extremely egalitarian.

Do you think we should think of the catholic church as a possible ally or would that be counterproductive?

Do you think anti-religion is fundamental to Marxism?

Do you think the anti-religious stance of the Soviets was a mistake?

I personally think trying to work with them instead of against them in places were they are deeply integrated with the population would be the obvious choice.

I am ofcourse talking exclusively about the Catholics only and not the Orthodox or Evangelist.

PD, im not religious. Im a Budhhist, but i dont think of it as a religion.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I don't really know much about how the Catholic church in particular runs. My general view of how religion should be handled under socialism however is that problematic individuals and elements should be surgically removed and excised with care, and the strategy should be to decouple the reactionary elements from the religion as a whole. Antagonizing an entire majority religion and all it's followers to me sounds like a recipe for disaster and a losing war.

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