First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?
Few of us are 100% absurdists, most of us reject reality in some way. Whether thinking curiosity and advancement of knowledge gives our lives meaning, or family, or leaving a positive (meaning?) legacy, or independence, or community, or hedonism, or just following our socially manipulated whims.
Much as I would like to meet the people of my community where we can laugh about our fruitless search for meaning together and then go have ice cream, that’s not going to happen. Let the religious have their delusion, and you’ll have yours (that decisions should be based on most reliable evidence on what would most advance the utilitarian goal, probably?), and I’ll have mine (the same, except when it might have really interesting consequences).