>>601923
>Comfort
Comfortably numb maybe, but do you understand we never truly had the Capitalist system that libertarians espouse. At best (according to the libertarians), we've had a soft-regulated market system with a more local-focused state. Why thank an ideal condition that did not and does not exist for giving me a situation I do not entirely want? Even then, partial, Keynesian Capitalism is still fully evil.
"Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God." (Prov. 30:8)
>Communism
And why is it that pro-Capitalists such as yourself often accuse anyone who dares criticize a mere aspect of Capitalist thought as being a dang dirty commie or an equivalent? You're as bad as Mises, who called every Austrian and Chicagian economist a socialist for thinking that certain regulations are good for society.
Mind you, I loathe Communism as an abomination against God's design for his people and a destroyer and killer of countless many.
>>601937
I worded my first response to you poorly. I'm not entirely arguing against you only partially :^), but I am just pointing out some thing about that passage, especially some arguments that you will encounter from pro-Capitalist Christians and conservatives.
>I never said there should be coercion.
Never said you did. The counter argument you will encounter from pro-Cap Christians and conservatives will often include the assumption that the voluntary nature in Acts is the same voluntary nature in a free market system.
>The early church was the most faithful example of Christian living
When you had the Judiaizers, the debauched mess that was Corinth, and six of seven churches chastised by Christ Himself? I don't think so. It's better to say: no matter what time we are in, a truly faithful church is the most faithful example of Christian living. If you want to overcome this argument, then you need to use other Scripture, yes even OT law if you have too, that show this practice as good for good times and bad.
>In socialism everyone works equally.
Don't agree, but go on.
>Capitalism produces the idle rich.
Agreed, but that's not Capitalism's worst evils. Also, not every rich man is idle, and sometimes God blessed and blesses people with wealth, who won't love it, to aid His kingdom (Job and Abraham in the OT; Joesph of Arimethia, Theophilus, and possibly Aquila and Priscilla in the NT; Truett Cathy and the Hobby Lobby couple for modern examples). In this partially-Capitalistic tech age, we now have the idle poor as well as rich. Therefore, don't quickly point to the rich of evil mammon or the on-the-fence people will quickly tune out your other arguments as they will see that argument as mere wealth envy.
>Where does it say none of them worked? It says they jointly owned everything
Never said that. But two things you need to make clear: 1. That you believe people should work and 2. people won't work for work's sake under your system.