Do god believing people believe in the capitalist system and if so why?
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this is no answer but I agree with yours...and don't forget GREED being a cardinal sin
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I believe in God, but I think a good answer would be that people are full of fear and need to have purpose in their lives.  Try to understand and be open minded to their needs and what in their lives sparked such desperate thinking.  I don’t believe in having other people interpret the Bible for you, I have to agree with you on that.  Half the Christians I know have never read the bible.  Now that’s ignorant to me.  I see your point, and I fear some of the consequences also.  For example, most of my Christian friends believe anything Bush says because supposedly he’s a Christian.  Personally I think he’s using it to get political gain from us Christians, just appealing to any majority he wants to get votes from.  \n\nI also don’t see how they witness as followers of Christ when they close their minds to other people’s opinions, or treat people that don’t believe what we believe with rudeness and apathy.  It does not seem like Christ’s way to me.  Also, I have to question the validating of selfish wealth and over-population.  Many of my fellow Christians live very opulently, without giving a second thought to the poor or in need, while thinking that having as many children as possible is enough to do Christ’s work.  We are stewards of the earth and over-population is causing suffering and inequality, not to mention there are kids who need a family on the earth already.  There are people in need right outside our door, but people choose an SUV, or entertainment system over giving to the poor or environmental charities, while wearing there diamond crosses.  They treat it like a club or corporation and it makes Christianity seem like a farce when so many Christians seem like hypocrites, and I sympathize with your feeling, I really do.  \n\nStill, I am a Christian and following a path of charity, kindness, and love has filled my life with immense joy.  Try to find the true words of Christ in the Bible and see past the fear induced corporate Christianity that prevails at this time.
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Of course, it doesn't matter what those people think (you know that). Our society puts big-money earners at the top of the social pile. Jesus said "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven." You don't have to believe in Jesus to agree. Learning to be honest and decent, pulling your weight and helping your fellow man, being kind and loving, and forgiving - those are the things that count. Feel sorry for people who worship money.
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Philocracy is based on the idea that persons who love what they govern should be in charge of governance.  It is a response to the perception that capitalism is not a sustainable system for society and that changes are needed to protect the future of the human race.
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The only way you reform Capitalism is to move toward a Socialist or Communist type of government then you will find Capitalism practicing the largest self control to the point of becoming noncompetitive.  Under those types of government most people are poor and without hope.  In a Capitalist Economy maybe everyone is poor, but there is hope of climbing out of it.  It is Capitalism's Greed that feeds the machine and makes it healthy.
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Capitalism is commonly understood to mean an economic or socioeconomic system in which the means of production are predominantly privately owned and operated for profit, often through the employment of labour. Other systems would include monarchism (the monarch owns everything), socialism (communities own everything) and communism (the state owns everything).\n\nIs it good? The capitalist mode of production is capable of tremendous growth because the capitalist can, and has an incentive to, reinvest profits in new technologies. Marx considered the capitalist class to be the most revolutionary in history, because it constantly revolutionized the means of production. But Marx argued that capitalism was prone to periodic crises. He suggested that over time, capitalists would invest more and more in new technologies, and less and less in labor. Since Marx believed that surplus value appropriated from labor is the source of profits, he concluded that the rate of profit would fall even as the economy grew. When the rate of profit falls below a certain point, the result would be a recession or depression in which certain sectors of the economy would collapse. And when it collapses (eg as in the Great Reccession of the 1920's and 30's then things are very bad).
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okay, thats almost a question. First off, nobody has ever successfully implemented a genuine communism. Second off the soviet union for instance was a patent oligarchy, not a communism. Third off, since you were wrong on all of your starting premises, but yelling as an ignorant and well programmed pov warrior/ victim of republican propaganda,\nYOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS INSANE!.\n\nLastly, Social services are the necesary compliment to free enterprise. Society can't function without some communism, just like it can't function without some free enterprise. The optimal system balances communistic principles with free enterprise principles on the fulcrum of direct democracy. If you don't have enough social services, thats corporate oligarchy, merchantilism, or fascism. If you don't\nhave enough free enterprise, thats socialism, or "Communism" in the most propper absolutist sense. Very few people if anybody advocates absolute communism, certainly its not what carl marx, or Jesus Christ Advocated,and they are the father and grandfather respectively of the movement. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." What do you think that means?\nAnd how does it relate with the "Charity" refered to in Corr\n13? (No, not "love" as intentionally mistranslated in the NIV.)\n\nYou don't even know what communism is; you have no business arguing against it. Quit being an ignorant pov pawn of the far right and go get an education.
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So far it is, the problem with it is that it's evil.  Why is it evil?  capitalism thrives on excess.  Which means that it makes more than neccesary, thus putting strains on natural resources and trying to squeeze as much work out of your workforce with for as little money as possible is another thing that goes along with capitalism.  Consumerism is the offical religion of capitalism.  The practicioners are labeled consumers and the preachers (marketers) push consumption more and more to make it more and more successful.\n\n  I'm doing my best to come up with another one.  So far, my best one is integrating robots in the workforce and after that people then work at being the best people they can be, like the ideal society those long dead philosophers talked about.\n\nBasically, in the system, the majority of the labor will be performed by robots leaving people to do just what they'd like to.  (possibly) The govt would ration everything kinda like communism, but the robots would produce a slight excess kinda like capitalism.  One thing I see the need for is a reduction of the human population to take the stress off our resources.  With robots doing all the work,  there's no worry about who's gonna support our pensions etc.  because the workforce is always adequate.  So after reaching an ideal population, having enough robots to perform the labor we dont want to, then rationing off the resources in some manner, we'll finally be free to not only pursue our own interest, but we'll also not have to go find poorer countries to go outsource anything to which will hopefully mean no more recessions!\n\nHere's some variables, families own robots, they pay maintaince and they repair the robots, that's their job, and they get the revenue the robots make for whatever company.\n\nYou'd have to call these robots something else so you could define them from the other ones.\n\nAnyways, I should work on this idea more, but I hope we can make it possible.\n\nI'm also gonna work on other new govt ideas.
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:}\nThe bible forbid Jews from charging interest also \nbut that was based on an agrarian economy not a system built on capitalism.\nI'm not sure it still applies
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Absolutely!  I'd love to see America become entirely capitalistic.  Frankly, I'm sick of being forced to sacrifice my own needs and wants for those of someone else.  Want a hand out?  Hit up the Salvation Army.\n\nUnfortunately, the bleeding hearts here just can't stomach making someone take responsibility for his or her own actions.  Even more unfortunately, we'll probably always be the ones stuck picking up the slack.
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Many different people have different beliefs. I believe that God is around no matter what your doing. He is even around when you think. God knows what you are going to do and who your going to do it with weather it be sex, education, theft, or murder before you do it. However, all things happen for a reason, even the bad things.
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Capitalism as a religion, you should read Mathew. It was clearly stated who those people are that oppose the rise of Christianity, they had him put up on the cross.
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It is not a matter of correct or even belief but finance and power.  I have met some of the top people in certain religions myself.  I can tell you that most dont believe the general beliefs of their own religion.  They feel those beliefs are for the general congregation who are not mature enough to handle the "real truth".  I could and have told people in those religions what certain people said but they simply say I am making it up.  \n\nThe bottom line is it has to do with economy.  There is no economy in Norse or Egyptian beliefs.  Even Constatine "converted" and changed most of the Romans to follow the newly formed Christian faith that was gaining popularity.  He feared loosing people is loosing power and position.  So he created his own christian type faith and state religion.  \n\nIf you study certain religions today, you will find that a few were started by known con artist who were convicted and admitted their cons.  However they continued and a modern religion was made.  Now they are regarded as a legitimate religion and their founder's history is revised.
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Capitalism at least gives people the chance of getting out of poverty.  Communism only the upper party leaders have money.  In communism everyone is poor, everyone has to wait in lines for goods, merchandice is poor quality.\n\nMillions have died because of communism.  Freedom of speech is non-exsistent.  Famines due to government controls.  Communism essentially makes government god.  Give me capitalism and give me freedom.
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Fair trade capitalist.  Extreme right, I hate any form of marxism.  I believe a man should be judge by who he is not his hide.  I believe that the solution for the problems of this world is found in the bible.  Public education is a waste of money, due to the literacy rate and no basic understanding of economics.\n\nHaving this as a basis, the world will end one day, not worried about it, because of the laws of nature, namely entropy.  The hatred for Israel and Christianity will continue to grow. \n\nNothing will change we have always had storms and always will.  We will always have wars, because man is basically selfish
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This is a very good question.  Let's look at the verses that are used to support the idea of communism amongst Christians.  \n\nActs 2:44-45 All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.\n\nThis is, of course, the primary passage that is used.  As your link also points out, Jesus and the apostles may have lived in a communist manner, as we know that Judas Iscariot was their money keeper (John 13:29).\n\nHowever, were all Christians expected to live as communists?\n\nFirst we see that people were not required to sell off all they own and give it to the church.  We see this in Acts 5, when a couple sold their home, and gave the money to the apostles.  However, they kept some for themselves, lying about how much they sold it for.  The response in verse 4 was, "Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God!"  The apostles never expected the couple to sell the property and give them the full amount.  \n\nWe also have many references to Paul, as well as Aquila, being a tent maker (see Acts 18:2-3).  In fact, he later writes these words to the Christians in Thessalonica:\n\n\n\n\nWe were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat (2 Thessalonians 3:7b-10)."\n\n\n\n\nI believe this is a pretty good justification for capitalism.  We see that while many Christians chose to live in situations where a communistic atmosphere was embraced, it was never expected.  Working for food, however, WAS expected, and even the communes still existed within a larger capitalistic government.  We still see that happening today.  Monasteries are essentially communistic communities, for example.  When the founding fathers of America decided to establish a new government, the based many of their laws on Christian ideals, but they looked many other places as to how to structure the government.  They wanted a country that guaranteed freedoms that were denied them.  Democracy was a logical choice.  As far a money goes, they went with what they already knew worked.\n\nI would add, however, that the selfish "desire to acquire" that often goes with capitalism, is contrary to Christianity.
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Christianity and jewish thoughts certainly conditioned the thoughts of Karl Marx and the Crusades that lasted from 1090s till 1260s had certainly influenced his conclusions on the general nature of organised religions in Europe. But apart from that there is nothing that warrants any comparison between the two.\n\nMarxism minus proletarian dictatorship is not Christianity, nor if Marxism starts believing in God it becomes Christianity.