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Originally posted by sammyg2
Jesus invited his followers to give up their worldly posessions and he would provide for them. it was not manditory AFAIK, it was an invitation that if taken voluntarily promised great spiritual returns.
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Yeah well, don't play Bible trivia games for money. I don't seem to have a Bible in my current office (musta took it home), but there is an instance where a rich guy went away dejected because he was unwilling to leave his loot in the basket. It was MANDATORY. Part of the "eye of the needle" analogy, which is widely misunderstood. Also, the community "pot" was not even the possession of the group. It was to be used to help widows and children and any and all disadvantages people regardless of whether they belonged to the group or not.
I have no idea how some of you so-called "conservative Christians" (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) can so vigorously (and with a straight face) pretend that your beloved survival-of-the-fittest, greed-is-good economic system is in any way compatible with Christianity. It is not. It is the antithesis of the Eutopia Christ described. He told us how to create our own Heaven right here on Earth, while we are waiting. Sadly, the pagan hippies seem better at following Christ's social teaching than you holier-than-thou capitalists.