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We're all comrades in Christ, equal before God. Note: This has NOTHING to do with Socialism and forced distribution

We're all comrades in Christ, equal before God. Note: This has NOTHING to do with Socialism and forced distribution | Christianity Supports
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Ok I see then
0 ups, 2d
Yeah my goal with this is not about the traditional process of acquiring Communism (forced redistribution and socialism) but a better way that Communism could actually work and a better method of reaching the state.
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I mean, think about it. The entire system of Communism was designed to support and maximize the unity and "happiness" of its people.
There are a couple things in the Bible that might suggest that a sharing system is good, for example Acts 4:32: "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." I'm willing to argue that this means that communism could work.

Though, there is one problem you may notice. Communism has never worked! That is very true. Though it's always been caught up at socialism, where rulers are supposed to force redistribute stuff (and that will never work on multiple layers, so I argue Communism away from the socialist process), I don't think it would work even if the forced redistribution worked, so clearly Communism is missing something. But what?

Love. That's what. Love is very clearly pointed out in the Bible as the most important, and my view of morality is a situational ethics view based completely on love, and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 points out those desirable traits you'll have if you have love.

So what does love have to do with Communism? Well I would argue that if everyone had this amazing thing called love, then we wouldn't need a money system, everything could just be like what Acts 4:32 is.

This brings me to a very important point. Socialism. I think that this phase, when becoming a communist utopia, will not help anybody. Distribution can't be forced in that way, and certainly not by a corruptible leader named Joseph Stalin. So, this love utopia can only happen naturally. If everyone really did have this love, then over time, people will start making kind donations to each other and stop using money. The worker's utopia cannot work if people don't care, but if people care in a method called love, the system would be perfect.

Now the only problem is getting everybody to have this love...

And please, if anybody has a good contradictory Christian idea that goes against mine, I strongly encourage them to present it.
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If its a love thing and not a governmental thing, then wouldn't there just be another kind of government over it if its not really communism
People helping the people is kinda just conservatism
0 ups, 2d,
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Okay that's a nice point. I would say that communism and conservatism are pretty similar then. I would define communism as the society that doesn't have money, just a hard working people, and if that's the definition of conservatism then they're actually the same thing, just communism is a buzzword and conservatism is not.
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No conservatism is much different
Conservatives support the Constitutionz the free market, and small government. Communism has no competitive market and requires a very powerful government
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Communism has no government. Socialism has the government you're talking about, but Communism does not, as the government is only there to distribute the goods evenly, once that's done (which it never is due to greedy leaders), the government is no more, and so is money, because it's not necessary. That's the communism Karl Marx was trying to achieve when he wrote about it.

There has never been a real communist country in history, only socialist.
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The government will always have to be there to distribute goods
And its always able to keep some for itself, more than it needs, because there are no checks or balances
And if everyone gets the same stuff, no one gets to become greater and more successful than anyone else by hard work
And people won't even wanna eork hard since they still get paid, and society will collapse
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No, the way the system works, once the goods are distributed, the people will share and it will supposedly be a utopia.

The people not wanting to work hard is one of the biggest problems of the system. That's why if everyone has love, they care. People who care will do the work, while people who don't care won't.

Paul said, "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." Love is a very important aspect of life, and I think if it were applied to communism, the system may actually work.
And, since everybody has love (charity), everyone will be donating, and eventually money will no longer be necessary, through natural causes! Wouldn't that be something.
0 ups, 12h,
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But he also talk about our sin nature, how is a utopia possible with that
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This is where love comes in. If we all had love (which we don't) then we'd all mean well and have a flourishing cashless society, because we'd all be trying and we'd all be caring. If this can happen, the workers' utopia could happen. Just as long as we have a loving community that cares for its members.
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hence, why this is an economic meme and not a political meme.
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