JBeukema
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If he refused, he went to hell for eternity.... kinda makes a gun to the head look like nothing, don't ya think?When a rich man approached Jesus and asked him what he needed to do to be saved, Jesus told him to give away everything and follow him.Why is it so difficult for some people to see the difference between individual actions and government actions? Between voluntary and enforced action?
Communism is the devil's religion because it decieve the people who don't understand what the Lord's trying to teach by immitating it just enough and then throwing in enough to destroy ones soul.
He didn't take the man's possessions and force him to follow. He asked him to voluntarily give it up.
The man chose to keep his wealth. Chose. Christ didn't force him to give it away to the poor... like communism and all it's collectivist ilk do.