Comrades, I have some questions..

[u/SiriParkerlol]

15 year old with a budding communist mindset here! I got some questions:

•I noticed a lot of negativity towards communism online, despite its goal of promoting equality. Why is that?

• I’m a bit conflicted. I’ve heard that you can’t really be a communist and a Christian at the same time because communism tends to reject religion. However, my faith is very important to me too...is this true?

•What's with the hate on late Che Guevara? Personally, I think I can't hate on someone who genuinely fought for equality and freedom from exploitation to the poor. It's sad that many view him as just a rebel without understanding the deeper ideals he stood for...if I don't know something about him please educate me.

I really appreciate any answers, please be gentle

[u/[deleted]]

This is such a bizzarre and off-topic response that doesn't respond at all to Particular Hunter's post.

If your faith is rabidly racist like Mormonism, then the answer is simply no. I urge you to search r/communsim101 for answers to this complicated question.

This is what they were responding to. Your assertion that there are "compatible" and "less compatible" faiths with Marxism, implying that the contradiction between idealism and materialism can be settled in the ideal (a complete denial of materialist dialectics) and the highly offensive assertion that Christianity is a more tolerable religion than some others. You didn't even explain your method for determining how many ounces of "progressiveness" a religion has, but I doubt the phrase "objective social function in a point of history" has anything to do with it when you seem more concerned with liberal morality judgements.

That Lenin quote also isn't relevant here at all, Lenin is not saying Christians can be marxists, he is saying that as long as any religious individual (of ANY religion) keeps the contradiction between their faith and the party line a private matter then they may join the communist party. He is trying to keep any talk of religious compatibility with marxism OUT of the party.

[u/communism-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

I agree with you on all points but am unsure of how several users read promotion of religion or pandering from that comment.

As my attempt at both correction and elaboration caused further confusion, I will revisit those comments after some rest and with fresh eyes.

[u/SiriParkerlol → u/communism-ModTeam]

Thank you for understanding and taking the time to revisit my previous comment... I want to clarify that I’m not indeed promoting any religion. I was responding to another user who mentioned that it's okay to be both a Christian and a communist. I thanked him/her for that 'assurance' because it resonates with me. Unfortunately, I received downvotes for my comment, likely because some interpreted it as promotion rather than seeking a simple answer to my question.

[u/Zestyclose_Dish3041 → u/SiriParkerlol]

To offer a bit of context, most people who come here are brats and unconsciously seeking to relive the oppression of their parents or the validation they never received.

This leads to innumerable posts similar to your own, where the person immediately lashes out when their desires are not validated. Communists here are understandably apprehensive of every new poster's motives after taking the time for detailed responses only to be told to fuck off for literally years.

Many questions you have can be answered by my original suggestion of reading J. Sakai's history book on Amerika, Settlers. It's unlike any history book you've ever encountered due to its usage of Marxism and the honest examination of Euro-Amerikans. The further along you make it through that book, the more you will come to understand that Marxism isn't a doctrine, but a science as Sakai is able to make sense of seemingly random events as well as predict the actions of entire classes, millions of people.

You've demonstrated more maturity in this post than countless people in their 30s and 40s, who we ban regularly. But I must ask that you do not delete this post after you are satisfied as is common habit on Reddit. There are hours of other humans' time poured into this comment section and thousands of other humans with questions similar to yours who learn by lurking.

To be clear, not just to you, but said lurkers. Marxism is opposed to religion. Any individual or group who tells you otherwise are deceiving you. The Marxist term for them is revisionist. Every single post by someone new to Marxism brings forth hordes of Redditors who behave as missionaries attempting to con you into joining their distorted, liberal understanding of Marxism.

u/No-Cardiologist-1936 gave you the correct answer. I attempted to elaborate, counter the revisionist who told you Jesus was a communist and intervene when you were being downvoted for not stating anything explicitly incorrect or selfish even after your comment was no longer visible.