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Religion and Marxism: Thinking Through the Human Condition

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The Importance of Spirituality in a Classless Society

I think people and mark people on the left often forget is that Mark sort of thought it seemed that once the social conditions changed for which religion really met the needs that it would, you know, kind of wither away. That doesn't mean however, that there wouldn't be some other form of spirituality perhaps you know that would be envisioned when we're actually free and liberated in the kind of society he's talking about. Marx also basically says philosophy is unnecessary and the few philosophies of bankrupt discipline because it's been part of the hitherto existing societies. I don't know what he exactly thinks about but he essentially theorizes that you know philosophy will be obsolete.

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