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Originally Posted by Willravel
How does Jesus telling people to not store earthly possessions show opposition to property? Really?
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No, not really. How does it show opposition to property
rights?
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What was it you said above? "Now you're just being silly". You should meet the same standards you require in others, lest you become a hypocrite.
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Now you're just being dodgy. I'll put it another way: where in that passage does it indicate that conservatives are wrong to keep matters of charity voluntary?
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I don't. The particular flavor of free market capitalism that modern conservatives support mean that you primarily serve yourself and yourself alone. As we have seen, this leads to class divergence. Compare that to the idea that no one person is better than anyone else and that you should serve others regardless of their place in society.
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But as I pointed out, you're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing what Jesus says people
should do to what modern conservatives believe people
should be allowed to do. If you aren't making the jump from one to the other, what
are you doing? Exactly what kind of contradiction do you see here?
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The only mistake is in your reading of what I posted.
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I read your post with the assumptions that (1) you appreciate the difference between "do this" and "make others do this", and (2) you were aiming to give me irreconcilable differences between conservative politics and the teachings of Jesus. Let me know which assumption was unwarranted.
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Your post is a little light on Biblical references. Maybe you'd like to make an attempt to support your not so subtle point?
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You claimed contradictions. Burden's yours.