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You told me some time ago that the precept, “Love your neighbour as thyself” had to change, given the dark times that we are going through, and become “more than thyself.” So you yearn for a society where equality dominates. This, as you know, is the programme of Marxist socialism and then of communism. Are you therefore thinking of a Marxist type of society?
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“It it has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything, it is the communists who think like Christians. Christ spoke of a society where the poor, the weak and the marginalized have the right to decide. Not demagogues, not Barabbas, but the people, the poor, whether they have faith in a transcendent God or not. It is they who must help to achieve equality and freedom".
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Christ spoke of a society where the poor, the weak and the marginalized have the right to decide. Not demagogues, not Barabbas, but the people, the poor, whether they have faith in a transcendent God or not. It is they who must help to achieve equality and freedom".
originally posted by: tikbalang
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Its not the ideal which is wrong, its the humans acting on it..
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. Karl Marx
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Just goes to show that even popes can be idiots.
Sorry Catholics, this guy is nuts. Popes throughout history have been a variety of things.
Being right is not one of them.
originally posted by: tikbalang
a reply to: projectvxn
So you think the Nordic failed in their ways, its socialism, an adaptation of Marxism, whatever name you want behind it doesnt really matter ?
Its not about the right people, its forcing the people to the culture, fear is the only motivator, an easy one. Its human instincts to be against anything different..
It's no different. Collectivism has been tried all throughout history with ZERO net gain for humanity.
It wasn't until a group of gun toting children of the enlightenment era figured out that emphasizing individual rights was a far better idea than attempting to control the destinies of entire groups of people on a whim.
Communists are Atheists Right ?