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Originally posted by Por_sha911
The difference between Communism and the early Christian Church is that in the early church many voluntarily sold their property and donated the proceeds for the good of their fellow Christians. Communism force everyone to give up their rights to ownership.
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sorry but wrong
read acts about the man and wife who withheld
some of their cash from the sale of their property
voluntarily it was not the church expected and demanded all they had
so much so that a man, Ananias along with his wife, who withheld some of the money he gained from selling a material possession is condemned by Peter, Acts Acts 5:3-4:
“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou has not lied unto men, but unto God.”
The failure to give all to the Commune was a lie, not to men but to God. Ananias’ reaction was to fall dead on the spot!