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To: Stefan Stackhouse
I stand by my assertion that you will not find in ANY of these a command that genuine followers of and believers in Jesus Christ are to employ force for the purposes of propagating their religion.

Certainly there are no commandments in any part of the New Testament which bear any resemblance to Mohammed's commandment to seize them and kill them wheresoever ye find them [Medina Suras, Chapter of Women]. However, there are some passages in the post-Christian books of the New Testament that are, for all intents and purposes, Marxist in their approach to private property rights [and I've often wondered whether this is why so many Catholics vote Socialist].

33 posted on 11/13/2002 1:45:30 PM PST by SlickWillard
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To: SlickWillard
However, there are some passages in the post-Christian books of the New Testament that are, for all intents and purposes, Marxist in their approach to private property rights

If by "Marxist" you imply an advocacy that the government confiscate and control all property, I would again challenge you to provide us with specific verses. I do find many verses throughout the New Testament exhorting and commending VOLUNTARY charitable giving, but that is most certainly NOT the same thing as Marxism. Indeed, if you actually read Marx you would find that he had nothing but contempt for such.

34 posted on 11/13/2002 2:25:58 PM PST by Stefan Stackhouse
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