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Empirica said:Actually, it's obviously ridiculous_
Hmmmm...it's not obvious to me.
Empirica said:Jesus never promoted forced wealth redistribution__every Christian knows "Thou shalt not steal"_
I'm curious where Jesus said this. I don't recall ever reading that he said these words.
Empirica said:What Jesus did advocate was compassion and charity from the heart for the less fortunate among us_
Yes, correct.
Empirica said:Christianity is about giving of your own free will
Well...this is weird reasoning. I suppose you could say that it's true Jesus seems to have thought that Christians should genuinely want to help others. But commandments to help the poor and also each other are just that--commandments. Jesus never said "help the poor, but only if you feel like it."
Empirica said:while Communism is rooted in The Authoritarian State_
Marx thought that the only people who would need to be forced to accept communism were the wealthy classes. The proletariat, he thought, would gladly accept communism of their own free will. Socialism is implemented with political force. Communism, in its final form, has no or little political force.
Empirica said:The teachings of Marx are about as contradictory to those of Jesus as two disciplines can possibly get_
This does not seem to be demonstrated.