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To: lbryce
charity is not socialism. O, for gawdsakes...this is reality 101.

"Thou shalt not steal" is an affirmation of property rights, which socialism denies, iirc.

10 posted on 08/17/2011 9:01:47 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand

That and the 10th Commandment.


14 posted on 08/17/2011 9:05:29 PM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: the invisib1e hand

I was going to respond in kind...thank you for completing the task for me.


41 posted on 08/17/2011 9:30:14 PM PDT by b cool
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To: the invisib1e hand
Exactly.

The single biggest argument against socialism in Scripture is that Jesus Christ, in His time here on earth, never ordered the government to do anything. His teachings on compassion, charity, love of fellow human beings, etc. are all rooted in the individual.

It's also important to keep in mind that He lived in a place and time where a totalitarian, often ruthless and brutal, government was the norm.

87 posted on 08/18/2011 4:25:09 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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