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To: Modok
So now God's is a communist?

I doubt it. Throughout revelation starting with the Jews coming out of Egypt, they had a capitalist-type economy with moral warnings to use proper weights on the scales. That doesn't sound like communism to me.

All I was pointing out is what the bible says about arrogant, stingy people who have much and give no thought to the poor and what they have will be taken from them and given to another.

187 posted on 05/26/2005 8:13:59 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Aliska

Shades of Joe Stalin..


191 posted on 05/26/2005 8:18:01 PM PDT by Modok
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To: Aliska
Throughout revelation starting with the Jews coming out of Egypt, they had a capitalist-type economy with moral warnings to use proper weights on the scales.

And a lot of redistribution like cyclical cancellation of all debts.

206 posted on 05/26/2005 8:27:12 PM PDT by A. Pole (The Law of Comparative Advantage: "Americans should not have children and should not go to college")
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To: Aliska
the bible says about arrogant, stingy people who have much and give no thought to the poor and what they have will be taken from them and given to another.

And one of the Ten Commandments is "Thou shalt not covet".

Fascinating that when God boiled down to ten the most important rules for living a good life, He chose to enlighten us that more misery comes from coveting what others have than from not having it.

If you are busy coveting and feeling sorry for yourself, you are also too busy to enjoy what you do have.

I agree that those who have should have compassion to help those who don't have. But a sense of entitlement is a trap for people when a sense of gratitude would serve them better.

354 posted on 05/26/2005 11:24:09 PM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spans)
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