John T. Ford
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According to Acts 4:35, it's exactly what Christianity is in theory.Which is exactly what Marxism is in theory ....
Besides the obvious fact that you can't achieve equity without stealing from someone...
... it appears that none of them even bought a ticket to watch that game.
But, that's never how it really worls out is it?
Christianity is about free will.
A government forcing you to do things is NOT free will.
Then why did they put that in the Bible? Is Christianity about religious government forcing you to do things?
No, it is not. They never put government forcing folks to do things against their will in the bible. They had voluntarily come to that accord. You take that passage out of context. Further up, Acts 4: 32.
"And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common."
Most Christians have no problem with Mutual Societies. In fact, you will hear them advertised as an alternative to Health Insurance on conservative radio stations. Making a profit off of health care is pretty evil to a lot of conservative Christians.
Health care sharing ministry - Wikipedia
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There is nothing at all wrong with socialism, as long as it is not forced. Voluntary Socialism is the very root of Christian charity.
Christians have nothing against Energy Co-ops, Food Co-ops, Credit Unions, Mutual aid societies, etc.
It is when there is coercion, which is a form of violence? THAT is what is anti-Christian.
A lot of folks don't know this about the history of Socialism, but it was, actually, invented in America, (the idea from Robert Owen in England though,) NOT Europe. Marx stole the idea from the Native Americans and Owenism.
At one time, the left and the right got along well. Lysander Spooner and Josiah Warren were friends, and I believe acquainted with Owen, who for whatever reason, established his social experiments in the New World.
Marx would have been. . . what? Seven years old when this occurred? What a neophyte, Statist, Marx always was.
Only in America, do Americans know how to balance the rights of the individual, with the community. We have for a long time, and we learned it from the natives. Those silly, silly Eurotrash commies don't have a clue.
Owenism and New Harmony
"In 1825, Warren became aware of the "social system" of Robert Owen and began to talk with others in Cincinnati about founding a communist colony.[8] When this group failed to come to agreement about the form and goals of their proposed community, Warren "sold his factory after only two years of operation, packed up his young family, and took his place as one of 900 or so Owenites who had decided to become part of the founding population of New Harmony, Indiana."[2] The Cincinnati colony was attempted without Warren's involvement, but failed.[9] Warren traveled by flat-boat from Cincinnati, arriving in New Harmony in early May, 1825. By 1827, he had returned to Cincinnati, convinced that the complete individualization of interests was necessary to cooperation. He considered Owen's experiment "communism," which he rejected in no uncertain terms, but he developed a warm and lasting respect for Robert Owen and his sons. One of his earliest writings, published in The March of Mind in 1827, attests to this, as do later writings.[10]"
Josiah Warren - Wikipedia
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Wow ...
What an incredible humble example of throwing pearls to swine.
Hat's off to you there.
I do it, not necessarily for Bulldog.
I know he hates me.
But for the love of our community, and for visitors who might happen to come by.
So many today do not really understand the basic facts about these words and ideas we throw around, or about our heritage as Americans.
USMB does have a pretty high Alexa search ranking for some things. . . so. . you never know.
(We certainly can't depend on our schools or our media to give an accurate picture of the past or of the reality of our world. . . )
I pray your pearls are fruitful .......