There is a difference between giving to the poor yourself and using the government to extort money from others and redistribute it to parasites who don't deserve it.
Is Christianity a socialist religion?
Elijah Wood
Brandon King
That's great.
Why don't you go now and burn someone at the stake with your mad based implications?
Don't want to pay taxes? Sure, go right ahead. Move to the woods and grow your a farm while at it.
Call me a communist for the fact that there is socialism in the Bible? Go see a psychiatrist and don't punch someone in the face for glancing the wrong way at you.
Sebastian Parker
Because the difference is being informed.
You can give to charity all you want, doesn't mean the money will go where it needs to.
Same thing with wellfare. But unlike charities that don't really answer much to anyone, and don't need to, government does and knowing where your tax goes is vital.
The dangers of well fare enabling the poor is a whole different issue. Ask Mr. Rockafeller here about that
Liam Phillips
I literally quoted Jewish Rabbis. Even if I wasn't from Zig Forums it doesn't change the fact that Communism is and will always be a jewish trick on people. Socialism is not in the Bible. Jesus wants individuals to do charity work, not get giant bureaucracies to force people to do it.
Please, move to Venezuela or China if you think Communism is so great I know you won't
Juan Jackson
Evo Morales and all these nasties in SA need to gtfo.
Michael Cooper
Nice strawman. Americans are the most charitable.
Anthony Thomas
That's weird, I don't seem to recall Christ declaring that humanity will never be free until the last stone of the last church is cast upon the last priest.
Jonathan Ross
Much welcome polfag,
please abstain of shitposting in the future
and to answer your question,
no, Christianity doesn't adhere to either socialist or capitalist regimes, any form of materialism is against it at all
Isaiah Lee
2 verses later
God can put a camel through the eye of a needle, God can get a rich man into heaven.
The parable of the wicked tenants clearly has wicked people who seize the means of production meeting a wicked end.
Hunter Sanchez
This post goes out to those that don't know what the Parable of the Wicked Tenants is
[Mark 12]