[__ Science __ ] Does the Bible Teach Socialism?

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Excerpt from Patricia Engler’s new book, Modern Marxism: A Guide for Christians in a Woke New World

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[follower]

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"But humanity’s ultimate hope lies not in human effort, but in redemption, reconciliation, and restoration through Jesus Christ.

Even more foundationally, neo-Marxism and Christianity contradict at a worldview level. Chapter 2 summarizes just a few of these differences. For instance, God’s Word reveals that humanity’s core problem is sin. Scripture does call believers to alleviate sin’s effects in the world by loving others, defending the vulnerable, and meeting earthly needs. But humanity’s ultimate hope lies not in human effort, but in redemption, reconciliation, and restoration through Jesus Christ.

Marxism, in contrast, teaches that social or economic conditions are humanity’s core problem, with the solution being revolution—which may involve groups considered oppressed obtaining power at any cost. Chapter five also illustrated how, classically, neo-Marxism endorses an anti-biblical view of marriage, gender, and family."

 

[Barbarian]

Attempts to hook God's word into supporting or denying different economic or political agendas miss the whole point of scripture. How sad.

 

[miamited]

Attempts to hook God's word into supporting or denying different economic or political agendas miss the whole point of scripture. How sad.

Plus the false understanding that 'social programs' are the same as 'socialism'. People please, get an understanding of what 'socialism' means before going on about social programs. Socialism has nothing to do with social programs.

 

[Barbarian]

In WWII, German soldiers wore "Gott mit uns" (God is on our side) on their belt buckles. I suppose we all want to believe that God favors our own preferences. It's a serious error, though.

 

[miamited]

Socialism is an economic, social, and political theory advocating collective or governmental control and administration of a country’s means of economic production. Means of production include any machinery, tools, farms, factories, natural resources, and infrastructure used in producing and distributing the goods necessary to directly satisfy the needs of the people. Under Socialism, any surplus or profit resulting from these citizen-owned means of production is shared equally by those same citizens. (thoughtco.com)

None of that describes anything about the economic/governmental model of the U.S.

It is not true that because we offer welfare to those less fortunate, or affordable housing to that same group, or any other financial assistance to a group of our citizens, that we are then defined as a 'socialist' government. People!!!! It's not all that difficult to understand. But one has to want to understand the meanings of the terms that they bandy about in horry discussions bemoaning the system by which our government tries to provide that everyone of us has some financial security in our lives. BUT THAT IS NOT 'SOCIALISM'.

 

[locust]

acutely It would be a theocracy . government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. its a from the top down kind of thing