Good article from Carl Trueman called, “We All Live in Marx’s World Now”
Here’s his opening, “The term “cultural Marxism” has recently entered the mainstream vocabulary of orthodox Christianity. A staple of the media of Twitter and blogs, it seems to have gone the way of all sophisticated ideas when reduced to a few hundred characters and placed in the hands of those with too much time to troll yet not apparently enough to think.”
I’ve written quite a few lamentations against the idea that the, “personal is political.” That little slogan has just wrought so much destruction and become a pet peeve of mine. It really is Marxist, it is a Marxist way of perceiving the world and it is false.
The Personal is NOT Political.
It’s not political, it’s personal
Stop Personalizing Everything…
Laughing here, but sure to really mess with your head, when people are speaking out against Marxism while giving every indication that they unwittingly perceive the world through Marxist cultural ideologies.
This response from a pastor gave me a chuckle however, “Yes, serious Christians should get off the internet. Hilarious ones should stay though.”
Amen. Laughter enables us to stop taking ourselves and others so seriously, so personally. Humble thyself with a good laugh.
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Amen, well said. The article you linked made some important points in how it’s affected pop Christianity.
Again, we’re totally tracking here. 🙂 I wrote about Marxism’s insidious influence on culture in my last post. I think this is happening at least partly because so many young skulls full of mush have been indoctrinated thoroughly in it through our major universities. They’re no longer taught to actually think critically, but to defend the Groupthink.
It’s just “meet the new boss, same as the old boss” Marxist rhetoric. I wrote this in my post:
“We also see the fruit of this Marxist ideology popping up today in the trigger issues of our culture. The bourgeoisie-proletariat class wars of Marxism have now become the race and gender wars and identity politics of today. It’s just different lyrics to the same old song—the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.”
Somehow, Orwell’s 1984 has become prophetic for our times, but the truth is far stranger than fiction on this one.
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I’d prefer to live within Groucho Marxism 👍
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Lol! I would never belong to any organization that would have me as a member. 😊
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“Capitalism? Now that’s the silliest thing I ever heard!” (twitch of the eyebrows, puff on the cigar) J.
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I do hope serious Christian do NOT get off the internet. Those who blog, tweet, and post Truth are being salt and light where the people are. (Keeping it short IS a challenge, but distilling thoughts into few words can be a good mental/spiritual exercise in getting to the heart of the matter .)
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Amen! Lot’s of salt and light out there.
Don’t worry, we won’t kick all the serious people off the internet, just the ones that take themselves too seriously. 🙂
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Amen! There are two major mistakes – taking ourselves too seriously and not taking God seriously enough.
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Thanks for the link, the article was brilliant.
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