Opiate of the Masses . . .

Karl Marx once termed religion 'the opiate of the masses . . .' Basically, the Marxist argument is that religion is nothing more than a way of placating the population into a herd-like mentality of acceptance of the capitalistic abuses set against them.

What is striking, however, is that wherever the true Christian Gospel is preached (e.g. Pentecostalism, Catholic ministry faithful to the Magisterium, Southern Baptist missions, etc.) the quite opposite normally happens!

Poor people when equipped with the Gospel message of salvation do not normally stay 'poor' for very long!

'White trailer trash' end up as Pentecostal clergy who are suddenly, like Pastor Rod Parsley (a Ohio preacher . . .), playing golf with the nation's elite.

Or take even ole Barack Obama.

Obama lost his mom, was never able to meet his father, raised by his grandparents, and through even a quite dead white Protestant denomination (U.C.C.) nonetheless was exposed to enough of the Gospel in order to give his life to Jesus Christ!

There you have it. The poor, the uneducated, the fatherless, the disenfranchised, et al will now through the power of Christ be in control of all key societal structures to include the Federal Government, local and state government and even the world financial grid!

Yep, Christians when exploited, pressed down, etc. through Christ are elevated to rule as kings and princes! Martin Luther King, Jr. is one such example. Will you now be the next?

All the very best in Christ, R. J. King