I believe in God so I obviously support religion as a concept and continued practice, but the church is extremely flawed and often used in service to the ruling class and must be given only the bare minimum of power. I think even if you think religion will fade as we build twords communism you can't ignore the huge influence it has and rejecting that will leave many of the victims of capital alienated. I don't think it's possible to build community and draw people to a better vision of our world without connection on every aspect of their lives. I think this discussion also often discounts specifically religious communist organizing that tends to be out of the sphere of focus.
I believe in God so I obviously support religion as a concept and continued practice, but the church is extremely flawed and often used in service to the ruling class and must be given only the bare minimum of power. I think even if you think religion will fade as we build twords communism you can't ignore the huge influence it has and rejecting that will leave many of the victims of capital alienated. I don't think it's possible to build community and draw people to a better vision of our world without connection on every aspect of their lives. I think this discussion also often discounts specifically religious communist organizing that tends to be out of the sphere of focus.