The funny part being that they write it as if the ideas are preposterous. Putting religion at the very basis of the operation of the universe is one hell of a drug.

EDIT: Already made it a comment, but I feel it's important before people get that idea that these people are necessarily our enemies.

People write/read takes like this and come to radically different conclusions due to their different base axioms of human experience. For the target readership of catholicculture.org, they are ones that are trying to understand the universe, with the base assumption being the existence of a Christian god. Many an apologetic has attempted to synthesize the real observable world with a just, righteous god. Regardless of their flawed logics, they are at least interested in taking a holistic approach to the human experience rather than an individual, capitalist, exploitative experience. As someone who as a child dove into the catholic theological worldview, desperate for meaning in this clearly meaning deprived society, these people can be radicalized, and are capable of changing their basis of thought. It takes real effort and patience, but they are much more likely to be a devoted comrade to the human liberatory unification experience than a bourgeois hedonistic individualist, who only cares for themselves and the people closest to them, who would rather not ponder their experience let alone the collective human experience, but rather live their own lives in pursuit of illusory happiness in isolation.

  • cpfhornet [she/her,comrade/them]
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    4 年前

    I'm an atheist lol, I'm saying that a large chunk of American Christians are seeing more and more that the society we live in is deeply inhuman and amoral. As their faith in the current system wavers, they will seek alternatives, most keeping their theological framework (losing faith sucked, it takes time and we don't have time). If they're going to remain Christian, they can choose Liberation Theology adjacent rationale or the Christian national/fascist route. Do you think in a hypothetical American revolution that everyone will suddenly drop religion? We need to work with people where they are, as long as their base views don't conflict with their participation as a ideological proletarian/revolutionary.

    • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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      4 年前

      I've long held the belief no far left movement will be successful if it's militantly secular. America is a very religious country and not enough people would be willing to drop God for politics. Allowing a way for the religious to become allies and have a place in the movement will go a long ways to reach the levels of mass support needed for a successful revolution.