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From Bing: The “Long March through the Institutions” is a phrase coined by Italian communist Antonio Gramsci and then popularized by Marxist student activist Rudi Dutschke in the 1960s. The phrase describes a strategy for establishing the conditions for revolution by subverting capitalist domination of society through entering institutions such as the professions2. By co-opting society’s chief institutions—schools, universities, courts, corporations, media and political parties—dedicated leftists could effect revolutionary change.
Pope says Christianity and Marxism Share a Common Mission
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
-- Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
Modern Lithuanian speech is said to be as ancient as Biblical Greek or Hebrew. It is also said to have similarities to ancient Persian.
Can it be Rome fell because it had been dependent on "magijos dalinimas," and the spread of Christianity freed the slaves?
Can it be Communists suppress religion because they want to enslave people for knowledge just like Genesis 19?
Can it be that there are different reasons people find themselves disadvantaged?
Perhaps these are intelligent people who could be professionals if they had spiritual health? Many of the people on here may be poor because they don't know how to care for the health of their souls. They may have been tricked into praying for other people without permission. They may not have had the sacraments for a long time.
They may not realize liberals deliberately offend them so they'd hate them.
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As you may or may not have concluded from this exchange, I am no Marxist. Neither am I a Socialist. You may call me a liberal social democrat, or a social-democratic liberal, but to tell the truth I am not terribly interested in politics. My fascination is for the strange psychological twists and turns that gradually divorce intelligent people from logic, causing them to believe things that are not true and, moreover, defend them as if their lives depended on them. That is what brings me to ATS: being a conspiracy-theory website, it has many members who have travelled that road.
originally posted by: Kallipygywiggy
a reply to: Solvedit
Common antiquity does not imply a common origin. Lithuanian and Farsi (Persian) do have a common Indo-European origin...
In any case the word is not Hebrew. The Gospels were all written in Greek and the source texts were in Aramaic, not Hebrew. Jesus spoke Aramaic.
No scholar would accept your etymological speculations as valid...
The reasons for the fall of Rome are many and various, but the abolition of slavery was never one of them.
Of course there is, present tense. Communists are here, and Christianity is here.
You speculate freely on a Christian 'message to communists'. I don't believe there ever was any such message...
So do you want to have to share everything you know just because you have the ability? Is that not slavery?
What does that mean, to 'enslave people for knowledge'? There are no slaves in Communist theory --
I don't have time to finish this now but I noticed later on in your reply, you said you don't believe people have souls. So you probably would leap to the conclusion that the Gospels aren't about religion but economics.
Of course there are [different reasons people find themselves disadvantaged-ed.]. A Marxist would acknowledge that, just as I would; but they would say that the causes should be irrelevant to us; our duty is simply to help them do better. And a good Christian would do and say exactly the same.
As the tables indicate, mass murders are perpetrated by dictatorial regimes of various stripes. Communist regimes are far away the most murderous. The tables list 17 communist regimes that murdered at least 100,000 people. Overall, the communists murdered approximately 168,759,000 from 1900 to 1987.
On the whole, the most-murderous fascist regimes proved to be less durable than their communist counterparts, so their killing sprees did not last as long. The 1900-87 murder count by fascist regimes was 27,848,000.
Fascist regimes are those that were explicitly aligned with the political theories of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Mass Murder & Genocide of the 20th Century
Farsi is modern Iranian speech.
The Greek place name of Magdala is Tarichaea.
So much for your scholarship'
Perhaps by practicing authentic Christianity, some of the slaves loosened the grip of their masters on their soul and managed to obtain what respect they could in a slavery context.
originally posted by: Kallipygywiggy
a reply to: Solvedit
Farsi is modern Iranian speech.
Farsi is Persian for Persian.
I did not say the origin of the word was Greek. Didn't read the link, did you? Tut-tut.
In any case the word is not Hebrew. The Gospels were all written in Greek and the source texts were in Aramaic, not Hebrew. Jesus spoke Aramaic.
No scholar would accept your etymological speculations as valid, so neither, I'm afraid, can I. Etymology of ‘Magdalene’
Show me where. You want to imply it without having a basis. You're conflating modern Farsi with ancient Persian. It might have been a part of Persian, and the word I cited need not even be a part of ancient Persian. It's definitely old enough even if my speculation of where it's from is wrong.
Says the comparative linguist who doesn't even know that Persian and Farsi are one and the same.
Do you understand that I am positing a spiritual reason for the fall of Rome? You're free to deny it and not believe in it if you like.If you can find a shred of evidence for this bizarre and fabulous idea, do please share. Scholarly journal publication, please, preferably peer-reviewed.
Perhaps by practicing authentic Christianity, some of the slaves loosened the grip of their masters on their soul and managed to obtain what respect they could in a slavery context.
The rest of your post is too incoherent to respond to, and there would be no point in any case. You are beyond the reach of reason and persuasion. Nice talking to you; have a nice thread.
I am a successful professional myself, despite being quite irreligious. As for 'caring for the health of their souls,' I don't even believe that souls exist.
originally posted by: ADVISOR
What is the fascination people on the left have for fascists and communists?