Opposing Views Of Kuyper, Marx, And Communism

Kuyper Perspective
Although several of his augments complimentary to Kuyper’s, Marx’s methods for ending poverty are extremely different. Marx views the French Revolution as a positive event and advocates the distribution of property and the abolishment of the family structure. These radical ideas suggest that he possesses a distorted understanding of human nature. Moreover, Marx’s Communism completely disregards God’s authority and places man’s reason at the center of his worldview. Christians should abstain from embracing these ideas as they are based primarily on scientific reasoning without the support of biblical principles. When addressing the issue of poverty, Kuyper argues that the root of poverty resides within in the destructive cycle of revolution that has produced a predacious society requiring the church to respond using and combat the effects of man’s sinful nature.
In contrast to Marx’s belief that the flow of history cycle of justified rebellion against the oppression of the upper class, Kuyper points how once the lower classes won their freedom they began to imitate the evil behaviors of their former enemies. Oppressing the remains of the other classes, the victors of social revolutions such as the French Revolution betrayed their own ideology.
Marx agrees with Kuyper, noting that this cycle was going occur once more
He claims that Christianity teaches ideas similar to communism, and should not be horrified by how these ideas are set in motion. Marx misunderstands that while Christianity does not encourage the accumulation of personal belongings, it also does not advocate distribution of rich peoples’ property. Christians should be ashamed of their ignorance and lack of action on behalf of the poor. However, stripping the rich of their wealth will not resolve the social issue as it effects more than the economic institutions of