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From: rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob])
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Subject: Re: Capitalism - reply to Hutch
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 16:46:18 EDT
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Hutch writes in reply to me

>>Just to throw a spanner into this one ...
>>
>>In the book of Acts you will note that the early church "held all things
>>in common" and this is an early and clear support of communism.
>>
>>(NO, not Marxism, they're NOT the same.)
>>
>>So what does it mean for us to grab at parts of scripture and use
>>them as justification for what we already want to do?
>>
>>Hutch
>>

Dear Hutch,

Please read the entire article again and note that
I said in this very short article

>However, there is definitely no support in the Book that I can see
>for the Land Raping, Robber Baron stereotype of capitalism and
>certainly the Book of Acts shows  us the early church as
>communal living at its best.

Perhaps I was too subtle ( a rarity for me), but the point of
Christian communism is acknowledged here, however, the propensity
of Scriptural teaching is leaning toward a free enterprise or
at least individualism in the economic realm.


So what does it mean for us to grab at parts of ARTICLES and use
them as justification for what we already believe ??


Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}