Mr. Moore made the statement that “All great religions say essentially the same thing Marx said”. It is true that many of the world’s largest religions want the rich to give to the poor and that we are to help the poor. However, how this is carried out is not the same for all religions. Marx believed in forcefully taking away from the rich to bring up the poor to make everyone equal. Then the Islamic do not really believe that the poor are to be brought up in society. They just have to give them some of their yearly salary. As for Judaism and Christianity, they are the only two that really seem to have the same ideas. Both Judaism and Christianity believe that man is to help the poor, and if necessary give up everything we have to help them, but this is because it is what God has told us to do in the Bible. Unlike Marx the Christians and Jews have God to put their faith in and helping the poor is not a forced act, it is something that we to out of obedience to God our Creator.
Mr. Moore also stated that when it comes to Socialism “we all have a say”. This is true, if we all agree with a Secular worldview and you agree with what the government believes. It does seem like a good idea for everyone to get along and for everyone to help each other out so that we can have a society where everyone is treated equal; but sadly this can never really be done. Man is too sinful and whenever a society does adapt to Socialism, Communism is surly to follow. Communism as it has been done throughout the history of the world is not really something that most people want repeated. A Communist government just cannot work in this world because of man’s sinful nature. While many of Mr. Moore’s points do sound like good ideas for the world to live by, they are not really practical for our sinful world to live by.
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