Yes and their religion is socialism.
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Nicolaitans were not followers of a man but of a doctrine. The were the people “who were charged with holding the error of Balaam, casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication.” They were snared by their own appetite for benefits at the expense of their neighbor. The people are devoured in the civic pot of their own flesh.5
The things sacrificed to idols were the welfare programs provided by and administered to through the civic altars of those various governments. One could become eligible for those benefits by an application for membership. This application often included an agreement to serve and contribute regularly to those incorporated altars of the state. There usually was an oath required, under the penalty of the courts, attached to those systems.
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The error that we have a right to take from our neighbor through legal systems of social welfare is not unique to the Nico-Laity or the Ba-Laam but stems back to the original error of mankind.
“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.” Jude 1:11