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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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No. Socialism is a form of government that relies on forced redistribution, which is not something Jesus ever advocated for or practiced. He DID encourage people to share their wealth and take care of the poor, yes, but he never took anything by force in order to give it to them, and he never told people to do so either.
Socialism is an economic theory second to the form of government. IOW, you can have authoritarian + socialism, authoritarian + capitalist, or whatever combination might exist, like Democratic + socialism, or social policy.
All systems rely on forced redistribution in some form unless it’s anarchy.
Did Jesus ever advocate for trusting the system?
You might as well ask me what Gandalf advocated.
He was literally teaching people that other governments and ideologies woukd be absolutely obliterated
No human system would be left
So you have no idea what Jesus advocated for, but you're confident that he'd agree with you...
I’m atheist, so I don’t particularly care. Jesus was a socialist in the simplest terms according to his actions in the bible, and even his system placed demands on his followers. Or at least the system created in his name.
Wait, am I not forced to pay taxes? And isn't any progressive tax by definition redistribution? United States confirmed as socialist, you heard it here first!
Yes, progressive taxation is a feature of socialist government.
Whoa. Its hard to get it that wrong.
What did I get wrong? Where did Jesus advocate for forced redistribution by government?
Jesus literally said to pay your taxes. What is a tax other that forced redistribution?
Yes but did he say paying your taxes will remove the obligation to take care of your neighbor?
I'm kinda missing the verse where he said "Give Caesar what is Caesar's, and let him take care of the poor."
So Caeser can take the money and kill Christians with it instead? I'm not sure you're making the point you think you're making.
Yes, and that did in fact happen during the early days of the church, until Rome became the center of Christianity. So who won in the end?