Similarities Between Marx And Kyper

Personal Response After reviewing Marx’s and Kuyper’s ideas for improving society and ending poverty, twenty-first century Christians should remember that these idea were conceived more than a hundred years ago. While many Christians may readily agree with Kuyper, they must consider how well his ideas would function today before implanting them. Although the same statement could be made about Marx, Christians should be wary of his support of communism. Even though he is correct about the need for reform, he neglects the authority of God and possesses a misguided view of human nature. While both Marx and Kuyper emphasis poverty as an important issue, they disagree on how to resolve the problem as Marx argues for radical change in the social system and Kuyper
Marx’s plan for reforming society may be more tangible than Kuyper’s, but his plan uses rather cruel and destructive tactics. For instance, Marx believes that the family has become an instrument of oppression and should be eliminated. Marx’s plan for consolidating the family directly contradicts biblical principles and is no less than an attempt to undermine God’s authority. Marx believes the family is merely a product of the class system and not a God ordained institution. Besides Marx’s cruel elimination of the family, his plan further feeds man’s greed and selfishness. Communism’s prohibition of private property claims to produce economic equality. However, this notion seems only to further feed man unhealthy relationship with the material world and denies God his rightful place of power. Without God’s moral authority, man is left to reshape society as he sees fit but at the cost of losing all that is good. After examining Marx argument, the idea of communism does not seem to present an effective solution for resolving poverty in either Marx’s day or in the twenty-first