ha ha, I would think based on the early church that Christianity lends itself more to Communism - indeed, that is the basis of most religious orders in liturgical churches
I have to disagree with you here, John... the resemblance is only superficial.
The key, core difference is that between top-down, forceful imposition of a system for distribution of wealth, and bottom-up, voluntary implementation of such distribution.
When it comes to the early church and true Christianity, communal sharing is entirely voluntary. It is never imposed forcibly by a central authority, as is sadly true in Communist nations and (at least as I understand it) communist philosophy.
Possibly, John, but that is most assuredly not the only path to the philosophical conclusion of anarchism.
There is definitely a theological path, strongly supported by scripture. That is the path that I have followed.
ha ha, I would think based on the early church that Christianity lends itself more to Communism - indeed, that is the basis of most religious orders in liturgical churches
I have to disagree with you here, John... the resemblance is only superficial.
The key, core difference is that between top-down, forceful imposition of a system for distribution of wealth, and bottom-up, voluntary implementation of such distribution.
When it comes to the early church and true Christianity, communal sharing is entirely voluntary. It is never imposed forcibly by a central authority, as is sadly true in Communist nations and (at least as I understand it) communist philosophy.