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14. I think some folks on RevLeft just went through Marx with a hilighter pen

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and got what they thought was "Marxism", but didn't go any further. I've seen a couple of other sites go like that too. I only go over to RevLeft when I feel like wanting a sensation like being stabbed in the eye.

I think the only reason for Marxism to criticize a religion would be if they had lots of private property that would be better off nationalized. (I haven't done a lot of reading about this, but I have a hunch that's why the Catholic Church is foresquare against Marxism even though the social justice arm of the CC tends to be socialistic in nature. I don't know, I'm a former Catholic and find some of their stances puzzling.)

Lots of religious people are pro-worker and pro-union though. The Church plays a huge part in helping protect agricultural workers, and bashing religion would be totally counter-productive and offensive. The most important thing is that you do what is necessary to help your class, the workers.