@Idaho_Cowboy
You can't understand the State as God? Seriously?
I'm not arguing that Marxism doesn't have it's religious elements, rather that Christianity does not lead to Marxism. It seems man is With relatively few exceptions the ideas have not correlated throughout history.
The Bible itself teaches that we give the state due honor, but that we are responsible to follow the higher authority (in the US that would be the Constitution btw) meaning ultimately if the state gives orders that are un-biblical the Christian is not bound to follow them.
The early church was told by the state they could not preach. Needless to say no state worship took place.
Acts 5:28 {The high priest, also a civil authority} "Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
This is the basis for separation of Church and state. In fact many of the rights we hold dear are written in the scripture.
We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal.
Acts 10:34 "Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:" Also Romans 2:11 and Ephesians 6:9.