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struggle4progress

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4. Miranda says: '... in the twenty centuries since it was written, no one has come up with a better

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 05:44 AM

Jan 2013

definition of communism than Luke 2:44-45 and 4:32-35. In fact, the definition that Marx copied from Louis Blanc, "From each one according to his ability, to each one according to his needs," is directly inspired by, if not directly copied from, Luke's formulation ...'

Acts 4:32ff

All believers were of one heart and mind. None claimed any possession as their own, but all shared everything. ... And God’s grace was so powerful within them that no one was needy among them. From time to time all owned land or houses sold them and laid the money from the sales at the apostles’ feet to be distributed to anyone in need.

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Well tama Jan 2013 #1

marx's vision of communism was a prediction based on analysis of historical dialectics Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #2

That may be a stereotype, due in part to the dogmatic Marxists. Marx indicated clearly that his own struggle4progress Jan 2013 #5

Acts 2:44-45 rug Jan 2013 #3

Miranda says: '... in the twenty centuries since it was written, no one has come up with a better struggle4progress Jan 2013 #4

Believing that Christ died on the cross to save men as a requirement for communism LARED Jan 2013 #6