Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

SOTERIOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
History and
Culture
George W. F. Hegel
(1770-1831)
Dialectics of Mind
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Economics Dialectical
and Social and
Sciences Historical
Materialism
For Hegel in true classical fashion of philosophy
considers that only the mind is real. All other external
realities are constructs of the mind. We cannot control
history or culture. Hence we have no responsibility.
The mind is simply in control and we follow it.
Karl Marx put Hegel upside down and considers that
matter and motion are the only realities. Matter
proceeds in dialectical fashion, starting with a thesis
developing within it an antithesis and a synthesis
emerges and the whole process repeats itself. He
applied his dialectical materialism to history and
developed his Historical Materialism to explain history
and human development. He explained the
development of history through Primitive Communism
to Feudalism to Capitalism through the dialectics of
class struggle. We cannot determine our class. But
our class determines our character, behavior and
state.
Like Christians, Marx believed that history is
predestined in its course of development (not by
virtue of God’s predestination – but virtue of the
direction of dialectics within capitalism) to be a
Casteless Classless Society (Marxian Heaven).
Nothing can prevent it from being realized. On the
other hand every person can cooperate in bringing it
into existence sooner. We can delay its appearance
by opposing it and can hasten it by supporting it.
Psychology
Sigmund Freud
(185-1939)
One can see why I consider Marxism as a Christian
heresy. It also explains why Marxism is powerful in
Christian dominated areas of the third world.
Sigmund Freud extended this mechanical model to
the field of Psychology. According to Freud
subconscious mind controls everything. We cannot
directly control the sub conscious. But it controls us
totally. The main force which controls the
subconscious is libido the sex energy (in Hinduism
this theory is called Kundalini)
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