...ouch. My brain.
Umm... this is just a stretch. It's one thing to disagree with Marx's policies(as I semi do, of course), but it's a whole other to claim he was possessed.
They really twisted the tenets of Marxism... no wait, they forgot them entirely. They just looked at what pseudo-Marxism has accomplished and said, "Hmm, this must be what he planned! It fails!"
A brief rundown.
-Communism preaches the abolition of hierarchy, both the state and the wealthy! The state's allowed existence during socialism is merely because, being democratic, it can be tamed.
-Where the hell does Marx say, "Go out and murder hundreds of millions?" Closest to that was accusing the middle class of murder(I'd call him an idiot here but I digress), and he seems to have merely argued for the overthrow of the corporate elite, not the democide of them or anyone else.
-While Marx was atheist himself and kept his faith as such, I don't think he said that freedom of religion shouldn't be allowed. If anything, he likely felt merely that church hierarchy shouldn't exist, that or be 100% elected.
-The poor are not sanctified? I doubt most Marxists would just let them rot because they can't find a job. Even in a communist system I doubt everyone would have a job!
-They repeat several of their "points" in different ways to make them seem more numerous. What the bloody hell.
-I think they're just scared of the fact Christianity and Communism actually have a lot in common in terms of values, so feel that demonising Marx would separate the two.
