Also, it doesn't have politics and society in the conventional sense, but men are clearly subordinate to God. Christ is king, this is the way Christians think, so I am not sure this is a correct comparison.

The question of "should Christians strive for a classless society" is a complex one. Egalitarian ideals are very new compared to Christianity, but some Christians now think that in the "fallen world" authority is undesirable as it can be abused. This is not common though.

However, Marxism is an anti-religious ideology. Marxists both believe that religion will disappear after "the base" changes and it will become, ultimately, obsolete, and also have historically persecuted and enacted violence on Christians. So I am not surprised there are not many Marxist Christians.

[–] StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

"the question of "should Christians strive for a classless society" is a complex one."

Not to the early Christians it wasn't. The early Christians movements (before they were co-opted by Empire) were radically egalitarian.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Sure, but comparing what people thought 2000 years ago to what they think now is a fruitless endeavor.

The concept of democracy came about around that time too (at least the Greek one, which arguably wasn't the first but I digress) but should we exclude women and foreigners from it? That's what the early proponents of democracy wanted.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, just because it was written in a book doesn't really means anything, we can change it, create bew editions of the book, even invert the meaning of inconvenient passages. These old code need to be made ambiguous and adaptible, endlessly reinterpretable to suit any situation that the priesthood needs to get themselves out of

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