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The only true conflict is Christianity vs Communism.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:55 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:55 am
Human beings are spiritual beings, and our spiritual nature manifests itself oftentimes in the form of behavior and ideology.
The primary conflict today is not left vs right, it isn’t progressive taxation versus a flat tax. It isn’t regulation versus economic growth.
Is is, quite simply, Christianity (natural law) versus Communism (materialism).
The best evidence of this is the following: When Russia was communist, the Democratic Party was a tireless apologist for Russia. Today, Russia is largely a Christian nation (in spite of the fact that one of the most powerful totalitarian governments the world has ever seen made it official government policy for half a century to eradicate Religion), Russia is the font of all evil.
The primary conflict today is not left vs right, it isn’t progressive taxation versus a flat tax. It isn’t regulation versus economic growth.
Is is, quite simply, Christianity (natural law) versus Communism (materialism).
The best evidence of this is the following: When Russia was communist, the Democratic Party was a tireless apologist for Russia. Today, Russia is largely a Christian nation (in spite of the fact that one of the most powerful totalitarian governments the world has ever seen made it official government policy for half a century to eradicate Religion), Russia is the font of all evil.
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:56 am to LSUTigersVCURams
How are communism and materialism synonymous?
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:57 am to LSUTigersVCURams
How do you fight Communism? Christianity.
How do you fight Christianity? Communism.
On the last day, there will only be one of these ideologies remaining. I believe it will not be Communism.
How do you fight Christianity? Communism.
On the last day, there will only be one of these ideologies remaining. I believe it will not be Communism.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:00 am to JumpingTheShark
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How are communism and materialism synonymous?
Materialism is defined as follows
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The theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life. n. Concern for possessions or material wealth and physical comfort, especially to the exclusion of spiritual or intellectual pursuits.
Communism is defined as follows
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A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. n. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:01 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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Communism (materialism).
Isn't the basis of Communism the opposite of this?
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:02 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Uh, I'm an atheist and I don't like communism.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:03 am to boogiewoogie1978
Materialism is often incorrectly defined as a synonym of greed. That is not the correct meaning of the term.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:05 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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Human beings are spiritual beings
Nope. We are only taught this at an early age.
We are only "spiritual" because we are aware of our mortality.
We dont know where we came from and we don't know where we're going and that scares people.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:06 am to boogiewoogie1978
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We dont know where we came from
My mom.
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and we don't know where we're going
In the dirt.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:06 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Nah.
The conflict is, has been, and will always be individualism vs collectivism.
The conflict is, has been, and will always be individualism vs collectivism.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:08 am to JumpingTheShark
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How are communism and materialism synonymous?
They aren't synonymous, but communism is rooted in materialism (the philosophical term meaning [very roughly] that material reality is the only reality, not in the "greed" or "consumerism" sense)
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:08 am to stuntman
Money is the root of all Good.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:08 am to boogiewoogie1978
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Nope. We are only taught this at an early age.
We are only "spiritual" because we are aware of our mortality.
We dont know where we came from and we don't know where we're going and that scares people
Nice double false dichotomy (and question - begging and post hoc etc)
Since you'd rather downvote than support your fallacies :
Being taught something at a young age, on the one hand, and that "something" being true, in the other hand, are not mutually exclusive conditions. Make a better argument.
You define "spirituality" as "awareness of our own mortality," without addressing the OP's actual position. Merely redefining a term is not an argument. Try again.
The absence of first-hand knowledge about the details of the origins and eschatology of the material universe, and fear and anxiety regarding that lack of knowledge, is not an argument against a reality beyond the material universe we can theoretically observe.
Ironically, all of your positions actually support the OP's.
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 9:35 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:22 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 8:13 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:30 am to LSUTigersVCURams
I wouldn't use the word 'only.' I'm still having issues with the Huguenots.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:34 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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On the last day, there will only be one of these ideologies remaining. I believe it will not be Communism.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:37 am to boogiewoogie1978
Material comfort was a central ethos of communism. Proponents argued that resources were being distributed unequally, and they would correct that. Humbling the rich, and raising the poor.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:38 am to LSUTigersVCURams
It’s Christianity v. Sin IMO.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:39 am to stuntman
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The conflict is, has been, and will always be individualism vs collectivism.
I agree with that.
Here in the States, we have the collectivist Puritan left, and then we have the right, which generally favors dangerous liberty. As Jefferson put it.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:11 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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