Sharing goods not communism but pure Christianity, pope says.

Crux ^ | April 11, 2021 | Ines San Martin

[Marchmain]

Pope Francis on Sunday argued that having received mercy, Jesus’ apostles became merciful themselves, sharing ownership over everything, calling such an arrangement “not communism, but pure Christianity.”

“The Acts of the Apostles relate that ‘no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.’ This is not communism, but pure Christianity,” he said.

The pope’s words came as he marked Divine Mercy Sunday in a Roman church dedicated to the devotion. Given COVID-19 restrictions, the Church of Santo Spirito was half empty, yet filled with a group of male and female prisoners from three local prisons, a migrant family from Argentina, refugees coming from Syria, Nigeria and Egypt, and religious sisters who work in a local hospital.

[Marchmain]

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Frank, you ignorant slut.

[Nifster]

When it’s voluntary not government policy

[BenLurkin]

That kind of communalism can only work on a very small scale.

And as soon as government gets involved in controlling who gets what — that IS communism.

[Nifster]

Much more what? Pure liberation theology BS

[lurk]

Biblical charity is when an individual decides on his own to go help someone else.

Communism is when the heavy fist of government takes stuff by force and gives part of it to other people.

Free people can recognize the difference.

[Pollster1]

I share with those in need . . . by choice and out of Christian charity.
Communists and Socialists share other people’s money because they are thieves.

These are not in any way similar.

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

Sharing with each other is ok, especially with the disabled, widows, and orphans.

Having your productivity and property forcibly seized and distributed to those who aren’t as productive or are outright lazy isn’t Christian or biblical.

Look no further than the the parable of the talents for an example.

[Navy Patriot]

Sharing goods not communism but pure Christianity, pope says.

I'll believe it when Frank is the only "Christian" voluntarily rooming with 5000 Muslims in what used to be the Vatican.

[Just mythoughts]

And the people call him ‘holy father’. Ahhh amen...

[Republican Wildcat]

If it is compulsory it isn’t “sharing” by definition.

[Chgogal]

Vatican City, please share all your wealth with the world. Pretty please.

[ALPAPilot]

Yes, they are unable to distinguish between Jesus and Robin Hood. I miss Benedict XVI.

[mombonn]

Hé continues to amaze.

[The Great RJ]

So much for the Commandments of Thou shall not steal and Thou shall not covet thy neighbors goods.

[PGR88]

This clown’s theology is at the level of a 7th grader

[hanamizu]

“That kind of communalism can only work on a very small scale.”

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I guess it all depends on what you mean by small scale. There have been several voluntary communal societies of pretty decent size. But time seems to be what dooms them. The true believers, the founders, seem to pull it off. Many of their children also buy into it, but the third generation, the grandchildren tend to fall away.

I think the Shakers managed the longest run and there are still, what four or five left. The last one will inherit everything they still own.

But there is a huge difference between voluntary sharing and government-compelled sharing. I always picture Dr Zhivago coming home to find his family is ‘sharing’ their home and being told they should be grateful for being allowed to live there at all.

[dfwgator]

Pope Che Strikes again.

[dfwgator]

Sharing kills ambition. Why try hard if you just get what everybody else has?

[pfflier]

Dear pope:

Sharing is Christianity, having your stuff taken from you and given to someone else is communism.