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Christianity Vs Marxism Essay

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Simply google searching the word “equality” does not provide a clear, definitive definition of the implications that this word socially holds. Equality possesses many interpretations however; the two drastically different philosophies of Christianity and Marxism have diverse approaches to the boundaries of equality. While Christianity hails power to an almighty God, Marxism is quick to reject this fantasy concept and turn to a concrete, economic authority of which provides the answers to achieve salvation. While Christianity emphasizes human moral equality within the roots of the almighty God, Marxism emphasizes human economic equality; yet conclusively, both recognize their respective human equality as the salvation to life by placing individuals …show more content…

Simply put, humans are humans because of their social interactions with each other that are necessary for maintaining a functional society. Take a salad for example, it takes a farmer harvesting the lettuce, truck drivers to get the lettuce to the factory, workers to prepare the lettuce for packaging, truck drivers to get it to the store, etc. with the point being that it takes a chain of individuals working together to provide the necessary items for life. The biggest downfall that Marx identifies is capitalism. Capitalism is bad for society because it alienates individuals from everything they do. Marx believes in the power within human equality, specifically economic equality, and states that the job of capitalism is to take away human equality. Capitalism creates a definitive line between the poor and the rich, and instead of having a society where individuals are working together in harmony, it creates a society where few individuals are dominating over their slave laborers. Marx is atheist and does not turn to a higher “spirited” power being responsible problems in society because he identified that it is outrageous to believe that the key to humans is in ideas—certainly never in God or spirits—but the key is in the economic conditions of

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