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Originally Posted by Botnst
^^^ It's more than funny, it's bizarre.
Jesus was clearly a theo-communist. Everything he is quoted as saying had to do with the individual's responsibility to those less fortunate, with the bonus of God's solemn command. That trumps Karl Marx.
The epistle entitled "Acts of the Apostles" gives a fine example of a theo-communist structure. Even with divine punishment for failing the "from each according to his ability..." part.
Modern communism's only significant difference is substituting obedience to the State for obedience to God.
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The "divine punishment" was for lying about what they gave. They were not criticized for keeping some for themselves.
The main difference was that that system was voluntary, and individual-to-individual, as needs were seen. Very different from THE STATE simply confiscating peoples' wealth to redistribute according to their whim.