Okay, I'm back.

So Doug mentions Tony Campolo as a great popular speaker in
Christian circles these days. Doug thinks Tony is wrong in claiming
that there is some truth in Marxism. I think Karl Marx stole a basic
idea from the Holy Scriptures, which is that we should remember
the poor, and help them when they are in need. That is a Christian
and Biblical teaching; but then Marx adopts a totally anti Christian
method of meeting the needs of the poor, which actually does
nothing to help the poor.
The Bible and Gods prophets exhort the rich to give to the poor
from a compassionate heart, a repentant heart. The philosophy
that Marx adopts as the basis for his system, Darwinism, is totally
contrary to helping the poor, since Darwin's teaching is the survival
of the strong. Therefore consistent Darwinists have argued that
nothing should be done to help the poor, rather let them die off so
as not to weaken the humane gene pool. Darwinists have undertaken
efforts to eliminate the weak and poor, not help them.

Karl Marx advocates violent overthrow of the rich and redistribution
of the goods to the people. This is no help at all to the poor, of course,
because many thousands of them are killed off in the violent revolution;
and many of the rich may be killed as well. This does nothing to help
humanity; it only makes life much more dangerous for all.

Only God's way of reaching and helping the poor will work -
transforming the hearts of people by the love of God so that they want
to help the poor; and they come to understand that Jesus teaching on
giving to the poor is true: It is more blessed to give than to receive.

So Karl Marx starts with a Christian idea, helping the poor, but he
transforms it into an antichristian system that actually destroys both
the rich and the poor. So if Tony Campolo thinks there is some truth
in Marxism, I wonder what that truth is. We agree that the poor should
be helped because God loves them and has given us the opportunity
if we have means, to be a channel of help to the poor remembering
that everything we have is a gift to us from God.

What is there that is true in Marxism other than the idea that the
poor should be helped? I agree with that, but if the whole system
and method that we adopt to help the poor actually destroys them
and the rich both, I don't think there is much truth in it. What do you
think? Hey, if I'm wrong on this, please correct me. This is my
understanding from what I've picked up in this universe
(which some Darwinists say is a random universe of chaos where
everything happens by chance. Is that true? Where's the proof?)

I'll be back.

Radical Thinker

Here's a note on T. Campolo:
Wikipedia states," Despite his criticisms of the evangelical
community, Campolo has also criticized the more liberal mainline
Christian denominations because "they fail to emphasize a
personal, transforming relationship with Jesus Christ."