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Thread #132136   Message #2995812
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Sep-10 - 01:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: On Acts 4:32-35
Subject: RE: BS: On Acts 4:32-35
Well, you may have half a point, Suibhne. I can't see how you can say that Christianity is the foundation of capitalism. That just doesn't jive with the practice of shared resources and caring for the needs of all and renouncing individual property ownership, that are the primary aspects of the scripture passage we're discussing (Acts 4:32-32).

But I do agree with your comment about "Christian Socialism," as a political party name. I'm most familiar with the Christian Socialist Union of Germany, which is quite right-wing and capitalist; but it's my understanding that there are Christian Socialists in other European countries who are just as right-wing.

-Joe-