The Three Stooges
I'm a classical philosopher though and finds pragmatism negative and marxist communism evil. Until I registered again for an open course of MIT and saw how pragmatism has come so far and has developed into a system that benefits humanity. Likewise I saw again how the communism side of marxism is not the problem, but most completely, its materialist atheism. However whatever is absolutized in this world of imperfect being becomes problematic since we are not absolute. Only God is absolute. And so even my classical philosophy thinking also if absolutized becomes a biased thinking. We don't need to be stooges to understand and be open to each other. Below we can see where each others strength lies. Of course Marxism is more dangerous than any because it is atheistic. Our Blessed Mother has given direct concern against atheism although she calls on the effect also of secularism in all of her apparitions or private revelations. Pragmatism does not inherently deny the existense of God though. (reference, Copilot Quick response, 11 May 2025) I need pragmatist to teach me more systematically the workings of my hand, while I correct my communist friend where his ideology is pointing, towards destruction. Yet both pragmatist and classicist can learn the strength again of communism though not the absolute one that almost crushes the individual and not the atheist one that crushes the spirit. Sweden, Germany, Norway, Austria, Switzerland calls it more accurately as the welfare state.
| Aspect | Marxist Communism | Christian Communalism | MIT-Style Pragmatism |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core driver | Class struggle, material equality | Love, charity, spiritual unity | Function, problem-solving |
| View of the person | Economic unit | Child of God | Agent in a system |
| View of God | Denied or rejected | Central and guiding | Outside the model scope |
| Means of unity | Coercion, state control | Voluntary, grace-based sharing | Coordination via models |
| Moral foundation | Materialist dialectic | Gospel values | What works effectively |
| Danger when isolated | Totalitarianism | Possible impracticality (if naive) | Moral blindness or utilitarianism |
-Table, Copilot Quick response, 11 May 2025
There is no Christian mathematics they say. God has given us the freedom to choose from among the goods at our disposal. But if mathematics will create its own metaphysics which is not its field of expertise, then problem begins.
As I've said I'm just a sinner. And not a good example of what I write here. You thought it's automatic that when you believe in God everything will change? If you believe in God now my friend, you will see why most christians are not a good example to the rest of the world. It's difficult to live the Gospel. You will have to read the lives of the saints. How heroic their virtues are and at least imitate a bit of them if not fully. We have the magisterium of the Church and the successor of Peter today who is Pope Leo XIV who feeds the sheeps of God and one of his first word is God loves you all, and evil will not prevail. With my weakness and sinfulness, a lack of community of saints and leaders will make me succumb to despair. The catholic church is not just belief. It has buildings, liturgies, hierarchies of leaders, organizations, charity works, teachings, traditions, etc. It carefully interpreted, lived, and faithfully handed on from generation to generation the teachings of Jesus Christ. Without all of those, a mere reading of his teachings like if your eye makes you sin, pluck it off, are prone to misinterpretation. Approach a catholic priest if you must. It is their mission to guide the local church where you are situated. From there you can ask him what to do and follow through. Pray that God may guide you. Without God's grace, Christian belief, if just man made, has no capacity to continue to exists in this imperfect world. Yes my friend, you cannot fully experience what I am describing here without becoming a believer. But at least you've heard my pheno reflection and its faith foundation.
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