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I think the key difference is the Church's system is voluntary and communism is not voluntary.
by starskublue 7y ago
I think the key difference is the Church's system is voluntary and communism is not voluntary.
- jquery 7y agoThat difference means everything in the world.
- darksaints 7y agoState communism might not be voluntary, but there are plenty of forms of communism that are voluntary: employee owned companies and cooperatives are literally communist. And I don't really consider it voluntary if I am to believe the consequences that they teach: the threat of being ripped from and permanently separated from your family for eternity is just as coercive of a punishment as the threat of being sent to a gulag.
- lcall 7y agoNobody I know teaches that, in that way, but that some opportunities and blessings are gained or lost based on our choices: to say otherwise would be simply deceptive. Most marriages say "until death do us part", or such, or assume it, but eternal promises do have requirements to be met. God is both merciful and just: one attribute cannot rob the other. He gives us real choices, too.