Hello, I’m new to Lemmygrad so I’d like to introduce myself. I’m a born and raised Latin Catholic Christian, and my faith is very important to me. I’m willing to accept the Marxist-Leninist world outlook on most things, but I’m conflicted. There are a couple key Marxist positions, primarily materialism and that religion is reactionary, that I can’t accept as a person who believes in God.
Are there any other Christian socialists here? If so, how have you squared your faith in Christianity with your Marxism? How have you made to faith revolutionary, or how have you made your Marxism Christian?
Though I’m atheist now, I was raised Latin Catholic if that counts for something. Personally, I don’t think religion and materialism are totally contradictory. Because Marxists are opposed to religion in the way that it’s used as a tool by the owning class to whitewash their own image, placate the working class, and prevent workers from changing their material reality. If religion isn’t being used in this way then I don’t have a problem with it and I don’t think others here would either.
If you’re embodying the market-destroying, mass-organizing, class-conscious Jesus in the New Testament then I think you’re good to go 👍