Week 4- Wednesday Reflection

This class was particularly fascinating. Karl Marx was an idealist who was convinced that Christianity and religion is useless to face problems of real substance. What a sobering indictment of the Church! I have a lot of sympathy for Marx who says much of what we say in our theology. Marx says that it is wrong to manipulate and oppress the poor. Marx believes that one day the world will be fair and just. Of course Marxism has been taken on by violent revolutionaries and men greedy for power. Marx was a materialist reductionist and ultimately a failure in his productions. But his care for the poor and call for action haunts us still today.