The Catholic Church corrupted government. The Pope having
Posted on: April 10, 2025 at 22:13:25 CT
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Power to crown kings and start wars. The church used the state to persecute and execute heretics. Augustine supported the torture of “heretics”.
It’s not just Catholics. John Calvin used the government to execute Michael Servetus.
The Soviet Union, China, Cambodia and Vietnam were communist, but not Marxist.
Marxism is not anti-religion. Marx himself wrote:
“Religion is the opium of the people. It is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of our soulless conditions.”
Marx was critical of when religion was used to oppress people.