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Paulo Freire and the Marxist Transformation of the Church

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Are You Taking Revenge on God?

Karl Marx says religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature. But he's also saying that by believing in things like total depravity you are being masochistic against yourself, and thus taking revenge on the oppressors. I mean, this is totally gnostic, totally projection. The iron law of a projection hits so hard here that it's crazy. It's as if they were saying to the bosses, you are powerful, but the world over which your power holds sway is an evil one and we reject it.

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