Ideas
have consequences. Darwin had a big
impact on Karl Marx's philosophy.
Evolution leads to depression. Is
Das Kapital good for humanity? We think not.
On a
recent trip to Argentina, President Obama said this,
...
there's been a sharp division between left and right, between capitalist and
communist or socialist. ... you're some
crazy communist that's going to take away everybody's property. ... you should be practical and just choose
from what works.
In
communism, private property is gone, but what does God say?
"You
shall not steal." (Ex. 20:15)
"...
Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing,
they must be sold to pay for their theft. If the stolen animal is found alive in their
possession - whether ox or donkey or sheep - they must pay back double."
(Ex. 22:3,4)
If
we have no private property, how can anyone steal?
Let
us consider these wise words from Edith Schaeffer:
Where
did Hitler come from? Or Lenin? Or Mao?
Or Stalin? Or Amin? What about the Berlin Wall? What about Afghanistan?
What
is the cause that brings an effect into the place where it is seen, smelled,
touched, heard, felt? How do actions
come?
In
the mind. Just as creativity is in the
mind first, so devastating destruction is in the mind first. Violence is in the mind first - from ideas.
Ideas
come first.
Ideas
matter.
Ideas
give birth to action - good or bad.
Ideas
give people their world view. [1]
Edith
Schaeffer (d. 2013) was the wife of Francis Schaeffer (d. 1984).
Note:
1) The Art
of Life by Edith Schaeffer (Crossway Books, Westchester, IL, 1987), p. 117.
