clarify..

Submitted by donvan (United States), Mar 8, 2007 at 08:56

"Communism" is a modern political philosophy which uses the notion of the state control of the means of production.. In the case of communism, Marx has replaced the religions rationale with a economic one , a "Forced collective" speaks for itself. Marx and Muhammed were much closer in political ideology than was Jesus and Marx.

The gospel speaks of the "Communal" meaning to share what we have with others. This is a personal and private activity, hardly a political action. Marx and Muhammed both understood the power of subjugation of the masses. The primacy of the individual human person as the decider of their lives was equally lacking for both, which is why they are both relegated to the backwater swamp of violence and hate.

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