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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:07 PM Original message |
Don't most churches operate following a socialist model? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. you're reaching on this one my friend |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you, friend. And welcome to DU! Oh one question ... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Oh sorry about that...forgot to give any reasons. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Hmm. So, to make sure I understand you correctly ... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I'm just going by the definition of socialism for my explanation... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I meant only to say that charity is similar to the idea behind socialism. n/t |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sharing = socialism to RW. They don't want to share anything. nt |
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Lorax7844 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. charity is totally socialist |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Socialist" is meaningless rightist rhetoric. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The GOP-controlled media is using it that way. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Uh, maybe more feudal than "social." |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think we need a new term akin to truthiness |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. LOL! Perhaps today's churches need a truthy term for charity!? n/t |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. They only raise money for 'the poor,' not their own members |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't really see Charity as "socialism". But, the early Christians, without a doubt, were |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I don't mean is charity socialism, but socialisTIC. n/t |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Early Christianity was Socialism, period. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'd say so |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Can't they be both? n/t |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. modern christian churches are dictatorships ... I say that god says that you should do ... |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eh. They rely on donations, yes. But it is a choice for the parishioners. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. So, charity is socialism AND choice? |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You don't have to give to a charity. But you do have to pay taxes. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's voluntary |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Once a long time ago (in the Book of Acts) there was a short period |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yep, even when I was in high school at the height of the cold war |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Voluntary vs compulsary. |
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