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Were the Apostles actually 'communists'?
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good interaction there.. except the imputation of 'greedy' motives to me. *Gentle push kick*
I see ur points.. no drama there. I don't know that Jesus taught communalism.. though it was indeed practiced by the very first Christians. Jesus DID unquestionably teach moderation and your verse is most appropriate.
One of my favorites is the one where the man had filled his storehouses, and his delimma was what to do now ? So, rather than simply enjoy life, he decides to build BIGGER store houses and accumulate more stuff.. aah..but.. BUT.. suddenly "Your soul is required of you this night" and it was all for nothing.
I feel you are locking people in when you say "There is an international working class".. its too much of 'us/them'..
Capitalism DID exist in the Old Testament. It was the economic basis of society, but they also had the checks and balances so that no one would go hungry if they didn't want to. Harvest was always not to be to the nth degree..but to allow enough for gleaners.. the fatherless and the widow and the alien.
I want to repeat another great aspect of ancient Israeli society.. the concept of Jubilee.. its worth a squizz.
In spite of the rather harsh punishments for sin, they also had very amazingly just and fair concepts of economics. Much of the 'slavery' was no worse than me working for the Commonwealth Bank to repay my mortgage. (Until I pay it off, I can't say I work 4 myself eh :)
But there is no question that private enterprise was the basic means of economic growth then. Land holdings, acquiring more land, flocks, herds...etc..straight out capitalism.
Its worth noting in that connection that as soon as Abraham and his nepher Lot reached a certain stage of economic growth, conflict arose.
They became 'bigger' than the available land, and rather than downsize their flocks, Lot just wanted more land at Abrahams expense.
Lot was the 'capitalist pig dog' :) Abraham was more the Socialist.