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Sharing goods not communism but pure Christianity, pope says.
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| April 11, 2021
| Ines San Martin
Posted on 04/11/2021 1:32:37 PM PDT by Marchmain
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:32:37 PM PDT
by
Marchmain
To: Marchmain
Frank, you ignorant slut.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:34:05 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: Marchmain
When it’s voluntary not government policy
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:35:09 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Marchmain
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:35:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Marchmain
Much more what? Pure liberation theology BS
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:35:49 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Marchmain
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:35:54 PM PDT
by
lurk
( )
To: Marchmain
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:36:02 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
To: Marchmain
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:37:07 PM PDT
by
Nathan _in_Arkansas
(Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
To: Marchmain
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:38:49 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Marchmain
And the people call him ‘holy father’. Ahhh amen...
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:38:54 PM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
To: Marchmain
If it is compulsory it isn’t “sharing” by definition.
To: Marchmain
Vatican City, please share all your wealth with the world. Pretty please.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:40:21 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Hey Biden, I am a loyal supporter of the Biden's Banana Republic!)
To: lurk
Yes, they are unable to distinguish between Jesus and Robin Hood. I miss Benedict XVI.
To: Marchmain
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:41:51 PM PDT
by
mombonn
(God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts)
To: Marchmain
So much for the Commandments of Thou shall not steal and Thou shall not covet thy neighbors goods.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:43:01 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Socialists are happy until they run out of people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
To: Marchmain
This clown’s theology is at the level of a 7th grader
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:43:10 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: BenLurkin
“That kind of communalism can only work on a very small scale.”
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.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:43:18 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Marchmain
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:43:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: hanamizu
Sharing kills ambition. Why try hard if you just get what everybody else has?
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:44:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Marchmain
Dear pope:
Sharing is Christianity, having your stuff taken from you and given to someone else is communism.
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posted on
04/11/2021 1:46:27 PM PDT
by
pfflier
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