Not sure where you are getting communism from that passage. Conservatives give more to charity than liberals. They’re more geniuses. That passage is about charity and Christian’s taking care of Christians.
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PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 10 months agoAct 4:32-35 is quite literally Communism:
communism, political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.
Christian Nationalists would need to go to hell before they’d let that happen.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
That last line bothers me a little. I think the parable of the good Samaritan informs us that we shouldn’t just “take care of our own”.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Context. The Bible is all about context.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yea sure context. I just don’t want anyone unfamiliar to think the takeaway is that it’s correct Christian theology to help and care for other Christians only, and fuck everybody else.
Someone in this thread says Christians are hateful and racist. Well yea humans are hateful and racist, but that’s absolutely not what Jesus teaches. So people can easily get the wrong idea by witnessing the behavior of those who are bad at doing religion, or worse, those who are deceitful. So I want to be sure (or as much as I can) that our discussion is not a source for someone’s misunderstanding.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 10 months ago
No, communism is state slavery. Thats the opposite of Acts 4:32-35
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Acts 4 if I remember correctly is about Antioch. It’s talking about what happened there and only in Antioch.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Well I don’t think it’s communismnina strict sense because charity can’t be forced. As soon as the state is compelling you to do this or that, it’s no longer activity on behalf of the Kingdom not of this earth. There are numerous examples in the bible of God being often, if not always, in opposition to government and worldly powers.
But still you make a good point that many people who publically profess to be Christian don’t really want to do anything that conflicts with their worldly wealth and power. Christians were also warned to beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. There are many of those.