05-11-2011, 05:32 AM
August West wrote:
[quote=Oxford English Dictionary]
Socialism, noun
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
Seems pro socialist to me.
Very different. Christianity is not a political and economic theory. The def'n of socialism doesn't say anything about sharing all your possessions with others. The means of production...etc. are owned by the community as a whole. Your loaf of bread isn't owned by everyone. Acts assumes free agency (you own the bread, but choose to give it away), socialism is a contract (I think), but can you opt out? In fact, in a socialistic society you are equal to everyone, in acts you have less than others. Yes, I've read all the discussions, and I will vehemently argue that capitalism has absolutely no Biblical basis either. That's not where I'm coming from. It's really a case of apples and oranges. kj.