Some Socialists Claim Jesus, But What Does the Bible Say?

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🐟 22. ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNANCES: SOCIALISM (and its more extreme form, communism) is intrinsically evil, because it is based on the ideology of social and economic egalitarianism, which is both a theoretical and a practical impossibility. Equality exists solely in abstract concepts such as mathematics and arguably in the sub-atomic realm. Many proponents of socialism argue that it is purely an economic system and therefore independent of any particular form of governance. However, it is inconceivable that socialism/communism could be implemented on a nationwide scale without any form of government intervention. If a relatively small number of persons wish to unite in order to form a commune or worker-cooperative, that is their prerogative, but it could never work in a country with a large population, because there will always exist entrepreneurs desirous of engaging in wealth-building enterprises. Even a musician who composes a hit tune wants his song to succeed and earn him inordinate wealth. Socialism reduces individual citizens to utilities, who, in practice, are used to support the ruling elite, who are invariably despotic scoundrels, and very far from ideal leaders (i.e. compassionate and righteous monarchs). Those citizens who display talent in business or the arts are either oppressed, or their gifts are coercively utilized by the corrupt state. Despite purporting to be a fair and equitable system of wealth distribution, those in leadership positions seem to live a far more luxurious lifestyle than the mass of menial workers. Wealth is effectively stolen from the rich. Most destructively, virtuous and holy teachings (“dharma”, in Sanskrit) are repressed by the irreligious and ILLEGITIMATE “government”. The argument that some form of government WELFARE programme is essential to aid those who are unable to financially-support themselves for reasons beyond their control, is fallacious. A righteous ruler (i.e. a saintly monarch) will ensure the welfare of each and every citizen by encouraging private welfare. There is no need for a king to extort money from his subjects in order to feed and clothe the impoverished. Of course, in the highly-unlikely event that civilians are unwilling to help a person in dire straits, the king would step-in to assist that person, as one would expect from a patriarch (father of his people). The head of any nation ought to be the penultimate patriarch, not a selfish buffoon. DEMOCRACY is almost as evil, because, just as the rabble favoured the murderous Barabbas over the good King Jesus, the ignorant masses will overwhelmingly vote for the candidate which promises to fulfil their inane desires, rather than one which will enforce the law, and promote a wholesome and just society. Read Chapter 12 for the most authoritative and concise exegesis of law, morality, and ethics, currently available. Even in the miraculous scenario where the vast majority of the population are holy and righteous citizens, it is still immoral for them to vote for a seemingly-righteous leader. This is because that leader will not be, by definition, a king. As clearly and logically explicated in the previous chapter of this Holy Scripture, MONARCHY is the only lawful form of governance. If an elected ruler is truly righteous, he will not be able to condone the fact that the citizens are paying him to perform a job (which is a working-class role), and that an inordinate amount of time, money and resources are being wasted on political campaigning. Furthermore, an actual ruler does not wimpishly pander to voters - he takes power by (divinely-mandated) force, as one would expect from the penultimate alpha-male in society (the ultimate alpha-male being a priest). The thought of children voting for who will be their parents or teachers, would seem utterly RIDICULOUS to the average person, yet most believe that they are qualified to choose their own ruler - they are most assuredly not. Just as a typical child fails to understand that a piece of sweet, juicy, healthy, delicious fruit is more beneficial for them than a cone of pus-infested, fattening, diabetes-inducing ice-cream, so too can the uneducated proletariat not understand that they are unqualified to choose their own leader, even after it is logically explained to them (as it is in this chapter, as well as in the previous chapter). And by “uneducated”, it is simply meant that they are misguided in the realities of life and in righteous living (“dharma”, in Sanskrit), not in facts and figures or in technical training. Intelligence doesn't necessarily correlate to wisdom. No socialist or democratic government will educate its citizens sufficiently well that the citizens have the knowledge of how to usurp their rule. To put it frankly, democracy is rule by the “lowest common denominator”. It should be obvious that ANARCHY can never ever succeed, because even the smallest possible social unit (the nuclear family) requires a dominator. Any family will fall-apart without a strict male household head. In fact, without the husband/father, there is no family, by definition. The English noun “husband” comes from the Old Norse word “hûsbôndi”, meaning “master of the house”. The same paradigm applies to the extended family, which depends on a strong patriarchal figure (customarily, the eldest or most senior male). Likewise with clans, tribes, villages, towns, cities, and nations or countries. Unfortunately, there are many otherwise-intelligent persons who honestly believe that an ENTIRE country can smoothly run without a leader in place. Any sane person can easily understand that even a nuclear family is unable to function properly without a head of the house, what to speak of a populous nation. The reason for anarchists' distrust of any kind of government is due to the corrupt nature of democratic governments, and the adulteration of the monarchy in recent centuries. However, if anarchists were to understand that most all so-called “kings/queens” in recent centuries were not even close to being true monarchs, they may change their stance on that inane “system”. Most of the problems in human society are directly or indirectly attributable to this relatively modern phenomenon (non-monarchies), since it is the government’s role and sacred DUTY to enforce the law (see Chapter 12), and non-monarchical governments are themselves unlawful. One of the many sinister characteristics of democracy, socialism, and other evil forms of governance, is the desire for their so-called “leaders” to control, or at least influence, the private lives of every single citizen (hence the term “Nanny State”). For example, in the wicked, decadent nations in which this holy scripture was composed, The Philippine Islands and The Southland (or “Australia”, as it is known in the Latin tongue), the DEMONIC governments try, and largely succeed, in controlling the rights of parents to properly raise, discipline and punish their children according to their own morals, compulsory vaccination of infants, enforcing feminist ideology, limiting legitimate powers an employer has over his servants, subsidizing animal agriculture, persecuting religious leaders (even to imprisonment and death, believe it or not. Personally, I have been jailed thrice for executing God’s perfect and pure will), and even trying to negatively influence what people eat and wear. Not that a government shouldn’t control what its citizens wear in public, but it should ensure that they are MODESTLY dressed, according to the guidelines outlined in Chapter 28, which is hardly the case in Australia, the Philippines, and similar nations. At least ninety-nine per cent of Filipinas, for instance, are transvestinal, despite Philippines pretending to be a religious nation. Cont...

[@seniorbob2180]

"The poor will always be among you, but you will not always have me" -Christ

[@cdevidal]

If a man will not work, he should not eat. (2Thes 3:10)

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

Are you a THEIST? 🤔 If so, what are the reasons for your BELIEF in God? 🤓

[@pkd6369]

great saying "hope political leader dont pinch this one !

[@mindfulicious]

Proverbs 22:9 "The generous will be blessed for they share their food with the poor"

[@mindfulicious]

​@@cdevidalsome people who work are poor. 2 things can be true.

[@MrSparkula]

Pretty sure Jesus would be pretty upset that so many of his followers love Trump.

[@richdemanowski2575]

Jesus said "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's", not "Get Caesar to render unto you that which is your neighbor's".

[@frederickburke9944]

Jesus said if you would be perfect, sell your belongings, give the money to the poor and follow me. He didn't say, "and then form an armed gang and go force everyone else to do likewise."

[@Hunterchuck]

No, he certainly didn't because God would be the one to judge those very harshly that did not do just that. Fire and brimstone kid.

[@kennorthunder2428]

Also worth mentioning: Jesus only said that to one man. It was a tailor made message to a guy who was attempting to work himself into heaven and wanted all his bases covered. The fact that he didn't want to do that one specific thing showed where his heart was. Therein lay the problem. Meanwhile, communists and socialists envy those who have more than them, and think that money is the root of all evil. Money is currency, but so is power. When they have the power to control they have currency, which will cause their victims to envy and resent them. So... corruption. God consistently teaches the helping out the poor is supposed to be volutary. I can't help wonder if communism/socialism was spawned as a result of lack of volunarily giving to the poor. However as a Christian I see discretionary giving as the Biblical example.

[@Hunterchuck]

@@kennorthunder2428 If you read from socialist and communist, you will find that your understanding is completely off point. But then again you have not really read the bible you are fond of very well as it stands. If discretionary giving was your main takeaway, then you have failed to hear the message of Jesus.

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@Hunterchuck But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8 Consider the amount of discretion one has to implement with this. Consider Jesus helping the poor. Was he doing it every day and everywhere? Didn't he excersise discretion then? Consider the amount of discretion in the following: So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and *especially* toward them that are of the household of the faith. Galatians 6:10

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@Hunterchuck "If you read from socialist and communist, you will find that your understanding is completely off point." This video, as well as other sources, basically observe that communists TALK a fine talk, but the ACTIONS don't live up to their ideals. For example, during WW2, the communists had literally the best human rights laws on the books compared to any nation. But they basically ignored it and tramble human rights for the sake of what they DEEMED as progress. The real problem is that their ideals don't jive with God's ideals.

[@richdemanowski2575]

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is how you get people competing to be the *least* able and the *most* needy.

[@cdevidal]

Jesus wasn't an "S shall list." He actually fed people

[@cdevidal]

Sorry to speak in code. YTube censors.

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@cdevidal You're doing what people had to do in totalitarian regimes. Know you know what we're infected by.

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

​@@cdevidal, kindly repeat that in ENGLISH, Miss.☝️ Incidentally, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@glennalexon1530]

Mythical figures don’t have positions on philosophy, politics, or economics. Was Thor a Republican? Was Tom Sawyer a free-market capitalist? No, because they are fictional.

[@SeattleAllen]

Good luck with that position, you are certainly in the minority

[@isabelleskiss]

Your comment is profoundly uneducated and irrelevant, just emotional. No serious historian doubts the existence of Jesus, even if he is an atheist and does not follow him spiritually. Sociologically speaking, Jesus is one of the most exciting people who ever lived...who inspired completely new concepts of social life.

[@anthonyrich4104]

Given socialist states history with or rather against other religious groups it's quite interesting that socialists would try and claim Jesus.

[@asdqwe8837]

We don't try to "claim" Jesus. 😅

[@anthonyrich4104]

@asdqwe8837 I mean maybe you as an individual hadn't, some other socialists have, so there's that

[@jjgarcia9436]

As a survivor of socialism in Venezuela I can say Larry is totally right!!!!!

[@Hunterchuck]

Last time i checked, Venezuela was doing great until America found a way to disrupt their main source of trade. Oh well, at least Norway and such nations haven't been hit by enormous sanctions and blockades so we can just point to them and still say "look, there are ways to do things differently."

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@Hunterchuck Even though America is guilty of mucking with other nations, these other nations didn't do what Norway and such are doing.

[@Hunterchuck]

@@kennorthunder2428 They did. Norway has become great because of its investment in oil trade, same as Venezuela and Cuba did. The only difference is that they are operating within the territory of America and have no allies with NATO like Norway does. Also what helps Norway is that it doesn't identify as a socialist nation, which is a huge bonus in allowing them to give rights and freedoms to the working class without interference. That's why both Cuba and Venezuela looked so great too until suddenly they don't, and one would wonder why all of a sudden? Very puzzling, and the narrative is that it's because socialism just doesn't work. A very convenient excuse.

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@Hunterchuck I hear lots of people from eastern European countries complaining that NATO is a handmaid to the US. So how did that help Norway exactly?

[@asdqwe8837]

😂😂😂😂

[@RodMartinJr]

*_Parable of the Grandfather_* An older man delighted in the visits from his two grandsons, and, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, each of the young boys brought to their grandfather a gift. The older boy had accumulated a sizeable amount from his weekly allowance, while the younger boy had only a few dollars in his short time making an allowance. Both boys had been told to buy a present from their allowances. The older boy spent over a hundred dollars buying a gift, but the younger spent only $7, buying materials with which to make a gift. The older boy had spent barely an hour of shopping; the younger spent two entire days designing, purchasing materials and constructing his gift. The older boy resented being asked to buy a gift for his grandfather. All that money saved, now gone. And as he delivered his gift, he grumbled and shuffled forward, thrusting the gift at his grandfather before retreating back to his seat. The younger boy, approached his grandfather with great delight and lightness of step, handing the gift with gentleness, explaining how it was made and how he thought so much about his grandfather as he was making it. The grandfather looked at both gifts -- the fine workmanship of the elegant pen set and marble holder, and the crude workmanship of a handmade birthday card full of sparkles and colors. Which gift meant the most to the grandfather? The one which would otherwise not have been given, or the one which gave delight to the person giving it? This is the crux of the story found in Genesis 4, between Cain and Abel. Both had sacrificed to God Almighty, but one gift was given with resentment, while the other gift was given with great joy. And the one who was filled with resentment found that his resentment was multiplied (Matthew 13.12). 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯

[@themeat5053]

I've always said that as a Catholic I didn't need to memorize the bible (vs. Protestants who can quote scripture at a drop of a hat) because every Sunday I had a Priest who'd read it to me and then tell me what it meant. Good discussion. In my day, at a Jesuit university, this would have been a classroom discussion without histrionics. Though, to be fair, the Jesuits were teaching, "liberation theology," then which was communism cloaked in Catholicism; and, whose locus was Latin American....wait, where did the current Pope come from?

[@jjgarcia9436]

This is one of the best real, serious, objective and true analysis that I have seen. A masterpiece of my dear friend Larry !

[@mikeyh0]

A man should be allowed to keep the fruits of his labor.

[@freakazoidTriangle]

Exactly what communism believes.

[@cbdevidaljk1]

@@freakazoidTriangle By which dictionary?

[@mikeyh0]

@@freakazoidTriangle No, it doesn't. Wow. Did you have cognitive dissonance for breakfast?

[@mikeyh0]

@@cbdevidaljk1 Marx's instead of Webster's.

[@cbdevidaljk1]

@@mikeyh0 Business owners with businesses and resources seized by "com you nest" revolutions don't get to keep the fruits of their labor. Farmers selling produce don't get to keep the fruits of their labor; They are seized for the people. Dairy owners don't get to keep the fruits of their labor; Seized for redistribution. Let all of those who actually earn their fruit with their labor actually keep it. (Sorry to speak in code words, YTube censors.)

[@isabelleskiss]

Jesus Christ condemned people who served Mannon...

[@haraldthi]

I like to compare socialism to the religious leaders Jesus went against: "Look at my lofty principles! See how I brag of what I'm going to do once I get into power! Give me my righteous powers!"

[@miccapone13]

‘Get up and walk’ and ‘help yourself and God will help you’ are not socialist maxims, it is more capitalist to me.

[@cbdevidaljk1]

Second one isn't found in the Bible, that was Ben Franklin. The Bible tells us that God helps the helpless. But this one is in the Bible, and it is not at all socialist: "If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat." (2Thes 3:10)

[@kennorthunder2428]

@cbdevidaljk1 "Fear not for I am with you" - implies God helps those who help themselves. (because when you block out fear, you're helping yourself) The trouble is, when people latch onto "God helps those who help themselves" they pride themselves on helping themselves. So now it becomes arrogance.

[@cbdevidaljk1]

Conceptually the Bible is all about helping the helpless. That’s the point of the gospel, that we may not take pride in saving ourselves, but honor the One who saved us. “ “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.” (Rom‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭NASB95)

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@cbdevidaljk1 Conceptually the Bible is about recognizing God's goodness and our lack of syncronizing with him like a little child, while simultanious recognizing we need a right relationship with God and one another. (which includes helping the helpless, and, excercising discipline)

[@cbdevidaljk1]

@@kennorthunder2428 children need help :)

[@wompa70]

If Jesus was a backer of any government system it would be anarchy. Not “chaos” but having no “rulers” at all. Don’t hurt people or take their stuff. If everyone follows that there’s no need for government.

[@cdevidal]

Christ believed in monarchy. He is king.

[@davidsingh6944]

Welfare requires Pity Charity requires Love When the State attempts to Replace Charity with Welfare God is replaced with the State (Fundamental Truth:Government is Aways Self Interested)

[@GoatLockerGaming]

I have always enjoyed the story of Jesus flipping the table over at the temple. Simply for the fact that, in that moment, Jesus was human. He was overcome by his emotion and anger with what they were doing. In essence "selling" the church. I can only imagine what he would do if he were to see those mega-churches with pastors wearing thousand dollar suits, living in mansions and flying on private airplanes today... *staring at frauds Creflo Dollar, Joel Ostein etc etc*

[@oldguyplaysbass6503]

I love the topics you tackle! Cheers.

[@annaknitter]

Love your show! Great episode. I am a catholic too. 🙋🏼‍♀️ Believe me, we can read and quote the Bible too. 🤭😆 But you are right. Protestants are so much more devoted to Bible studies than most of us.

[@DadSavesAmerica]

In our defense, we have a massive 2000 years of tradition where the smartest people of their time have debated every biblical and theological issue one can imagine. I think that’s the strength of the Catholic Church. The intellectual well runs deep. The Bible is often poetic and sometimes cryptic. There’s a certain hubris in thinking you can discern it alone.

[@annaknitter]

@@DadSavesAmerica Absolutely. To think you can figure it out on your own is crazy. That's why I studied roman catholic theology at a cistercian monk's college. At the same time our fellow catholics are a little lazy when it comes to bible reading. And not everyone of them is reading Augustine or Thomas Aquinas instead. 😁

[@kennorthunder2428]

@@annaknitter As a former Dutch reformed protestant I read Augustine when I was in my early 20's. I probably was the exception. I was "progammed" to not trust the RC system. I've mellowed and I do see some good now, in spite of the few errors. I just found myself today defending religious statues after listening to protestant sources and thinking it through. In my 20's I would have been aghast at my current self.

[@jayutley8748]

As Christ followers, isn't that what we're supposed to do? Jesus said, "if you love Me, follow my commands". How do we know what He wants us to do if we don't read an study His Word?

[@60-second-HACKS]

Jesus said: "Beware a man bearing false premise, loaded language, and a barrow full of logical fallacy, for he be a false prophet seeking predatory profit."

[@davidsingh6944]

This Moral Error of Rousseau stinks to high heaven and it’s like no one can smell it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@therapeuticinstrumentalsan3400]

It's not truthful to say that socialism doesn't take care of the poor, Cuba does it to the extent of helping many other countries.

[@ryanpartovi7890]

When he “defines socialism,” he’s actually describing a command economy, aka a state-controlled economy. Command economies can be capitalist, socialist, or communist in the sense that the results that they produce can be unequal pay for equal work (capitalism), equal pay for equal work (socialism), or equal pay regardless of work (communism).

[@slowbro2539]

"Sew shall sim"* necessarily implies a command economy with the power of the gun. Who else would ensure that greedy capitalists don't keep what rightfully belongs to the people? Are the people going to rise up as a mob and take it by force? Good luck; If the capitalist is well-prepared and better-armed, it'll be a bloodbath, and they get to keep their stuff. A state with a monopoly on violence is necessary to distribute resources. That's one reason I cannot be a "sew shall list". I'm not that violent. * Sorry, have to speak in code, YTube censors

[@paulgalligan29]

"Sew shall is sim"* can only exist in a command economy with the power of the gun. Who else would ensure that greedy "cap tall lists" don't keep what rightfully belongs to the people? Are the people going to rise up as a mob and take it by force? Good luck; If the "cap tall list" is well-prepared, it'll be a nasty fight, and they get to keep their stuff. A state with a monopoly on "vow lance" is necessary to distribute resources. That's one reason I cannot be a "sew shall a list". I'm not that "vow lent." * Sorry I have to speak in code, YTube censors

[@CaroleDonovan-mf6ej]

Equal pay for equal work would be Social Security. Thank you, Frances Perkins.

[@j.robertvillarreal5926]

The concept didn't exist back then. If it did, remember this. The Pharisee asked ," which of the Commandments is most important?" Jesus responds," do you remember the laws of Moses?" The Pharisee says," yes." Jesus says,"Hold that most Holy and also this." " Love God Almighty with all your heart and soul. Also love your neighbor as you love your own flesh." The Laws of Moses is the Torah. A written law taught from birth or youth to the Hebrew. When the Hebrew first inhabited the land of Israel. God was the only King. They set aside Freedom for Man's Rule. Who was their first King? Saul.

[@blahblahblah6]

Jesus believed that the end of the world was VERY close. So, you wouldn't need stuff for much longer. But selling your stuff and using the money to help the poor might get you divine favor that would last forever.

[@kennorthunder2428]

There's another dimension to this. God gives most of us everything we need. Come judgement day, the rejection of Him in spite of his goodness will be another layer of damnation. So if we give to the poor with the hopes that they will turn to God, and they don't, then our giving, since God is working through us, will result in their greater damnation. But let's not use this principle in a malevolent fashion.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

Bernie is not a Socialist. democratic or otherwise. Bernie is a Social Democrat.

[@Moondog1109]

BTW a denarius/drachma is effectively a minimum wage

[@stuartday1330]

You know Muhammadans claim that Jesus was a Muhammadan and everyone just misunderstood. They say that about everyone in the Old and New Testament as well. I've heard people claim Caesar was a Socialist as well. These people should all get out of the cults they're in.

[@isabelleskiss]

Jesus also clearly condemns wealth, the rich should VOLUNTARILY distribute their wealth to the needy and live more modestly.

[@clarenceday4773]

That's how 'Zacchaeus the Tax Collector' saved his soul. (Luke 19.1-10)

[@notloki3377]

Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, even then getting ready to betray him, said, “Why wasn’t this oil sold and the money given to the poor? It would have easily brought three hundred silver pieces.” He said this not because he cared two cents about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of their common funds, but also embezzled them. Jesus said, “Let her alone. She’s anticipating and honoring the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you. You don’t always have me.” Next question

[@kennorthunder2428]

You can bet that those who run everthing in a communist system will operate on a capitalist principle when it comes to getting paid for their "service to humanity".

[@60-second-HACKS]

To use this chap's bad faith approach: "So what you're saying is, if Jesus came back today. he'd be a predatory capitalist." Elon Musk doesn't just THINK he's Jesus; he IS Jesus.

[@DadSavesAmerica]

“Predatory capitalist”? If you’re abiding by the rules of free enterprise, every person involved is engaged voluntarily and everyone can walk away from the relationship at any time within the terms they’ve agreed to. In other words, all involved are exercising their free will. There is no predation. Now, if subsidies, mandates, or rigged political rules are involved… we’re no longer in the rules of capitalism and we’re moving towards socialism and political direction. That IS predatory.

[@alo1412]

⁠​⁠@@DadSavesAmerica you’re completely ignoring the power the dominant part exercises over the weaker part, aka the part that has the money. There’s no free will if every company offers a low salary for their workers, if you want to survive you’re forced to get a mediocre job.

[@danielallred4806]

Socialism itself is an amorphous concept because each socialist has a different idea on how to obtain their utopia. They also have a religious like devotion to it leading them often to kill each other over disagreements on how to control people. A prime example is Communism vs Fascism. They are more similar than they are different but one practices socialism by class and the other by national identity. National Socialism aka Nazism took this even further and instituted socialism for white people only. They also differed on policies regarding private property and ownership. Communism seized all property whereas Fascism made all ownership especially of business a loan that you could keep if you were 100% loyal to and contributed the government.

[@kristineopsommer]

Jerry Bowyer wrote an enlightening book on this subject. I hope to see you interview him too. Blessings!

[@ubergenie6041]

We often forget that Mussolini and Gentile said that fascism is socialism! And Hitler and Mussolini were leaders in the socialists movements in their respective countries. When Mussolini was elected Lenin sent him a note of congratulations! Hitler and Mussolini wanted state control of every facet of their respective cultures and decide who the winners and losers were in every industry! They controlled prices, what was produced, how much was produced, what price and to whom it was sold. SS were installed at every major company and ran the companies. Individuals shops were either done away with or forced into cooperatives that managed pricing, production, and supply! Ask those students how much they love National Socialism because it has its origin in Marx. A man both Mussolini and Hitler praised😮 Those facts may slow down the army of buffoons that rove the college campuses here in the West😊

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

Socialism describes a government’s political /economic structure used to correct perceived problems and /or achieve desired goals. Socialism is the public ownership and central control of the means-of-production and investment whether administered by self-appointed elites or administered democratically. . Socialism is not a large amount of services provided by the government nor the enforcement of law regulating a free-market. Note: Regulation is not ownership. Means-of-production is defined as investment in and the mass-production of factory goods since the industrial revolution and not crafts, mercantilism, or trade.

[@RodMartinJr]

*_Leftism is Power TO the People._* On the flip side, Rightism is Power *_FROM_* the People. When you understand this simple concept, you begin to see how power in the hands of the people is just as bad as power in the hands of a few Oligarchs. America's Founders (most of them) wanted power to be *_diffused_* and *_decentralized_* so it would be less subject to corruption. 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯

[@ubergenie6041]

Great program …deep analysis! Imagine for a minute that God has revealed his moral will as a type of firmware that resides in every human soul. Now imagine that in time in our Western culture we move from moral responsibility being developed as a function of sanctification in directing us to operate the way God created us to operate. Now delete God from that equation (the culture) Now the desire to live a moral life is built in but it has no aim My hypothesis is that what we are seeing in the West is the desire to be moral as evidenced by a subjective and faulty rubric😮 People still have this desire but it is now being directed in a diabolical way! This might be an argument for putting your kid in a Christian school😅

[@MattAllison-bz3rc]

I remember the story where the rich young ruler asked Jesus what must I do? He went away sad because Jesus ordered a Roman soldier to take away his riches.

[@davepolhill]

Wrong. Read your Bible. Jesus said "one thing you lack, give all to the poor and follow me, and you will have riches in heaven."

[@MattAllison-bz3rc]

@@davepolhill I know that I’m wrong I was making a point

[@wheel-man5319]

Whew!!! You need to reread the whole text of that passage!

[@slowbro2539]

@@wheel-man5319 You need to go learn about something called "parody"

[@charlesbruneski9670]

Haha. 😂

[@JeremyHelm]

4:23 intentions 4:32 vs results. 4:49 how?

[@JeremyHelm]

6:48 what Bernie does not understand 6:59 contradiction between socialist objectives and democratic objectives…

[@JeremyHelm]

10:43 gunpoint

[@davidsingh6944]

Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Matthew 22:37-39 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

[@Moondog1109]

Acts 4:32 - 5: 11 I am laughing at these two! Please don't assume you know my economic philosophy. I'm just saying these guys are full of it.

[@ajsfa]

Christian anarchism always seemed close to the general message of Christianity to me.

[@cdevidal]

Christianity is a monarchy. Christ is king.

[@WinstonSmith.74]

How about actually reading the Bible, while also not re-defining 'Socialism' to suit your political bias ? The Apostles were clearly Socialists. Your redefinition of Socialism is completely false. It's about sharing wealth and possessions - it has nothing to do with 'using violence to enforce it'. It's sad, but Jesus was absolutely right that people would just surround themselves with people who tell them what their itching ears want to hear, rather than the truth.

[@cdevidal]

In the Bible, they shared voluntarily. By contrast, the dictionary teaches that the definition of socialism is not voluntary, but is regulated by the community (necessarily by force implied in the word "regulated"). And you can see this in socialist economies around the world; It is "generosity at gunpoint." Sorry, but I'm not violent enough to be a socialist. so·cial·ism /ˈsōSHəˌliz(ə)m/ noun 1.) a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

[@davepolhill]

Take the log out of your eye Winston. Scripture CLEARLY teaches free markets and principles of private ownership. In the OT when they asked for a king to reign over them God said they rejected Him. He prescribed personal ownership of the land by the people and they were told to return it in the year of jubilee.

[@cdevidal]

@@davepolhill Importantly, Jesus redeemed capitalism from greed. "Sell your possessions [capitalism] and give to the needy [redeemed]." (Luke 12:33)

[@seniorbob2180]

@@cdevidal Then why are you here? Go and practice what you preach.

[@cdevidal]

@@seniorbob2180 Ah, can't refute the message, so attack the messenger? What if I told you I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing for the kingdom? Your turn. Go feed someone poor yourself.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

I know Jesus he hates us all

[@PrinceofPain-wv1lo]

Yes he does

[@cdevidal]

I know Jesus, He hates the wicked. (Psalm 11:5) And in love, He died to make us wicked no more. "But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom 5:8)

[@RonaldAaronLopez]

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[@wheel-man5319]

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