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Was Jesus A Socialist?
Fightin Words ^ | November 24, 2009 | Walter Scott Hudson

Posted on 11/24/2009 6:41:13 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson

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To: Petronski

You know very well that I was referring to ownership of the means of production, which is the hallmark of the capitalist. Obviously, our Lord had personal property (clothing, etc.); owning capital is an entirely different thing.


41 posted on 11/24/2009 12:21:22 PM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: B-Chan
You know very well that I was referring to ownership...

No, I did not.

One of the most important reasons for the rule against mind-reading on the RF is that none of us are any good at it...as you have demonstrated.

42 posted on 11/24/2009 12:24:46 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: B-Chan
Our Lord and Saint Joseph were craftsmen, not capitalists.

So did they get their tools and materials and workspace for free (as a wage laborer does) or did they have to pay for them, (capital) and then sell their products for some amount higher than the cost production and capital costs.

One can be a craftsman and a capitalist at the same time. I personally know dozens of them.

You seem to be operating under the assumption that capitalism and Godliness are somehow incompatible. And I personally know dozens of God-fearing very devout people who are also capitalists.

43 posted on 11/24/2009 12:44:06 PM PST by Ditto (Directions for Clean Government: If they are in, vote them out. Rinse and repeat.)
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To: 2banana

Wow, thanks for citing 2 Corinthians 9:7. Kind of obliterates both the argument of Clark and the Catholic doctrine he relies upon, doesn’t it? Fantastic verse.


44 posted on 11/25/2009 4:43:59 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson (fightinwords.us)
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To: Walter Scott Hudson

Oh, joy! Let’s rewrite the Bible to support this, ... you know, bring the Bible up to the 21st Century.

We will replace ...

“Thou shall not steal”
with
“Thou shall not steal, unless by majority vote”.

Then we will replace the Parable of the Good Samaritan with one in which the Samaritan discovers the wounded man, but then:
gathers some friends with weapons
extorts money from travelers to pay for care, then
takes the wounded man to an Inn where he intimidates
the innkeeper to take only 40% of his normal fee, and
takes the rest of the money to finance the remainder of
his journey.


45 posted on 11/25/2009 10:03:08 AM PST by Mack the knife
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