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To: MrB
No way can they be biblically literate and support socialism. A case could be made from the early church for communism.

Act 4:32b neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Act 4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

Act 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

I don't dissagree with it either. As long as it is me and my church members sharing all thing willfully. The problem is when the government mandates it.

44 posted on 02/19/2008 6:16:18 AM PST by bird4four4 (Behead those who suggest Islam is violent!)
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To: bird4four4

The case can be made also for a communist dictatorship - within a nuclear family.

Yes, the biggest difference between the “communism” of the early church and what the left proposes is the coercive factor.

It’s funny, though, that every leftist that I’ve talked to has a big blind spot about the coercion factor, I mean they seriously can’t understand why someone wouldn’t WANT someone in power telling them how to distribute their wealth.


52 posted on 02/19/2008 6:26:25 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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