Documentary delivers verdict on socialism and Christianity

I was just getting ready to start posting some articles by my favorite columnists when I happened to see this story on WorldNetDaily. I guess my other posts can wait until later (Saturday night/Sunday morning). This one was important enough that it is a must see.

On a secular basis, it doesn't work, according to The Freeman Online analysis.

"A pyramid scheme is ultimately unsustainable because it is based on faulty principles. Likewise, collectivism is unsustainable in the long run because it is a flawed theory. Socialism does not work because it is not consistent with fundamental principles of human behavior. The failure of socialism in countries around the world can be traced to one critical defect: it is a system that ignores incentives."

And on a Christian basis, it's even further removed from what is right, the documentary contends.

"Jesus didn't ask government to be the charity," (Michele) Bachmann said. "He asked the individual and the church to be charitable."

'Look at the facts. The Bible teaches private ownership under God'

By Bob Unruh

Posted: May 15, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010 WorldNetDaily

The Soviet Union tried socialism and it collapsed, and an analysis at The Freeman Online explains why "it is a flawed theory." But is it Christian to "spread the wealth" and have government provide charity?

A new video called "Socialism: A Clear and Present Danger" will air in a two-part series starting May 16 and finishing May 23 during the regular time slot for "The Coral Ridge Hour" on stations across the country. The program concludes that not only is socialism not Christian, it's antithetical to the Bible.

"Two of the Ten Commandments presuppose the legitimacy of private property," said Jay Richards, author of "Money, Greed, and God: How Capitalism Is the Solution, Not the Problem."

"'Do not steal' implies that people have some property that legitimately belongs to them and that it's wrong to coercively take it from them. 'Do not covet your neighbor's wife or his possessions' implies that there are certain things within the individual domain that we justly have the right to," he said.

Richards is among more than a dozen experts, scholars and theologians in the two-part documentary who demonstrate how socialism is rooted in envy and greed, always requires government force and results in poverty, not prosperity.

Not to mention the more than 100 million deaths it is estimated to have caused.

The "Dangers of Socialism" website lists experts who testify and provide additional information about their concerns. And a new book, "Ten Truths About Socialism," is being released in conjunction with the documentary.

"When you hear a politician promoting a policy that's a socialist policy, the way he sells it is by saying the wealthy have something that you ought to have. We should take from the wealthy to give to you," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America.

"And he's tapping into the voter's or listener's sense of greed or covetousness that 'I want what someone else has. And rather than working for it, I want it taken from them and given to me,'" she said.

One contributor to the project was Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who prefers not to sugar-coat her worries.

"We're now spending money on a scale that no one has ever seen before. In history we've seen this happen just before the fall of Rome, where government raided its treasuries in order to grow a bigger bureaucracy," she said.

"That's now happening in the United States. We have to reverse course immediately or it could mean the sinking of our civilization," said Bachmann.

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